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Wallace Stevens

Wallace Stevens was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, and attended Harvard University from 1897 to1900. After a brief stint as a reporter for the New York Tribune, he enrolled in New York University Law

In the Clear Season of Grapes

by Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

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The mountains between our lands and the sea—

This conjunction of mountains and sea and our lands—

Have I stopped and thought of its point before?

When I think of our lands I think of the house

And the table that holds a platter of pears,

Vermilion smeared over green, arranged for show.

 But this gross blue under rolling bronzes 
 Belittles those carefully chosen daubs. 
 Flashier fruits! A flip for the sun and moon, 

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Shakespeare used 17,677 different words in his writings; what Russian poet used more?

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