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.

Added: on February 23rd, 2006 at 7:47 AM | Viewed: 2437 times | Comments and analysis of Tattoo by Wallace Stevens Comments (1)

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Poet: Wallace Stevens Poem: Tattoo Poem of the Day: May 11 2008 Comment 1 of 1, 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 one comment so far. Click here to read it, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Wallace Stevens with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Wallace Stevens Poem: Tattoo Last read: Jul 4 2008, 5:06PM Poem of the Day: May 11 2008 Viewed 2437 times. Added on February 23rd, 2006 at 7:47 AM.

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