Lunar Paraphrase
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Lunar Paraphrase
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"Lunar Paraphrase" is a poem from the second (1931) edition of
Wallace Stevens's first book of poetry,
Harmonium. One of Stevens's
"war poems" from "Lettres d'un Soldat" (1918), it is in the public
domain. The poem makes use of a late autumn night to express a mood. It appropriates Christian images in a manner that is consistent with a naturalism that disclaims religious belief. Stevens's post-Christian sensibility channels emotions into nature rather than God and associated religious figures li
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Poem by Wallace Stevens
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2022-02-02T22:00:37Z
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