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Amy Lowell’s “A Fixed Idea”: An Exploration in Paradox
A Fixed Idea What torture lurks within a single thought When grown too constant; and however kind, However welcome still, the weary mind Aches with its presence. Dull remembrance taught Remembers on unceasingly; unsought The old delight is with us … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Lowell, Ezra Pound, Hilda Doolittle, imagism, imagist poets, Italian Sonnet, modernism, nostalgia, Obsessiveness, Paradox
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