Wallace Stevens

"That tuft of jungle feathers, That animal eye, Is just what you say. That savage of fire, That seed, Have it your way. The world is ugly, And the people are sad."

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Source: Wallace Stevens (2012). “The Emperor of Ice-Cream and Other Poems”, p.64, Courier Corporation

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Wallace Stevens

Wallace Stevens

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Wallace Stevens was an American poet known for his complex explorations of imagination and reality, particularly in works like 'Harmonium.'

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