W. S. Merwin, “Separation” from The Second Four Books of Poems (Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press, 1993). Copyright © 1993 by W. S. Merwin. Reprinted with the permission of The Wylie Agency, Inc.
Source: Poetry (January 1962).
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Poet W. S. Merwin b. 1927
Subjects Living, Relationships, Sorrow & Grieving, Love, Separation & Divorce, Romantic Love, Realistic & Complicated
Poetic Terms Epigram, Free Verse, Simile, Elegy