SOURCE: “Thoreau's Poem #189: An Emended Reading,” in The CEA Critic, Vol. 33, No. 1, November 1970, pp. 10-12.
In the following essay, Mattfield maintains Thoreau could not have intended many of the spellings that appear in his original “Poem #189,” and suggests a revised version of the poem.
This is a free excerpt of 48 words. There are 1,411 words (approx.
5 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.
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