Tattoo - A poem by Wallace Stevens


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Wallace Stevens - Tattoo

The light is like a spider.
It crawls over the water.
It crawls over the edges of the snow.
It crawls under your eyelids
And spreads its webs there--
Its two webs.

The webs of your eyes
Are fastened
To the flesh and bones of you
As to rafters or grass.

There are filaments of your eyes
On the surface of the water
And in the edges of the snow.

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Tattoo - Comments and Information
Poet: Wallace Stevens Poem: Tattoo Poem of the Day: May 11 2008 Comment 2 of 2, added on November 20th, 2013 at 4:45 AM. lUEMklrwlWkc UM8Ol4 I really liked your blog post.Really looking forward to read more. nice seo guys from Andorra Comment 1 of 2, added on February 23rd, 2006 at 7:47 AM. I don't really get the whole tittle because it's called Tattoo and it's not even about that I think It's a little confussing but funny at the same time. It repeats it self in the beging of the first three lines but it gives it more of a meaning so I like that normally I wouldn't Jackie Engle from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Tattoo, has received 2 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

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Poet: Wallace Stevens Poem: Tattoo Last read: 2014-07-21 11:12:36 Poem of the Day: May 11 2008 Viewed 5834 times. Added Feb 20 2003.

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