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In Time
W. S. Merwin, “In Time” from The Pupil. Copyright © 2001 by W. S. Merwin, used with permission of The Wylie Agency LLC.
Source: Poetry (December 1999).
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This poem originally appeared in the December 1999 issue of Poetry magazine
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Biography
W.S. Merwin is a major American writer whose poetry, translations, and prose have won praise since W.H. Auden awarded his first book, A Mask for Janus (1952), the Yale Younger Poets Prize. Though that first book reflected the formalism of the period, Merwin eventually became known for an impersonal, open style that eschewed punctuation. Writing in the Guardian, Jay Parini described Merwin’s mature style as “his own kind of free . . .
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SUBJECT Living, Marriage & Companionship, Time & Brevity, Relationships, Love, Social Commentaries, Romantic Love, Desire, Realistic & Complicated
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