Arts & Sciences
Theory
From Harmonium (1923)
Arts & Sciences
I am what is around me.
Women understand this.
One is not duchess
A hundred yards from a carriage.
These, then are portraits:
A black vestibule;
A high bed sheltered by curtains.
These are merely instances.
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MLA
Stevens, Wallace. “Theory.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stevens/67/.
Chicago
Stevens, Wallace. “Theory.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/stevens/67/.
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