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Title: Selected Poems, 1946-1985 by James Ingram Merrill ISBN: 0-679-41082-1 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pub. Date: 01 May, 1992 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: A technically brilliant, superb poet and a great collection
Comment: Merrill is known for his technical brilliance, even rescuing lost verse forms from obscurity. He has been accused of arch intellectualism, and many readers detect a certain lack of emotion between the lines, but while these criticisms are likely true, lovers of formalist poetry should take the time to read him, for he is marvellous, witty, and urbane. Fans of Stevens, Moore, Ashbery and Bishop will most likely warm to Merrill.

"Charles on Fire" is a good place to start, but "Lost in Translation", which appears in the collection "Divine Comedies" is my favorite. I have read this poem dozens of times, and will likely never tire of it.

And if you're ready for more, by all means, take on "The Changing Light at Sandover", his magnum opus, an eccentric, occult masterpiece.

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