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Randall Jarrell
(May 6, 1914 – October 14, 1965 / Nashville)
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Randall Jarrell Poet, critic and teacher, Randall Jarrell was born in Nashville, Tennessee, to Anna (Campbell) and Owen Jarrell on May 6, 1914. Mr. Jarrell attended the Vanderbilt University and later taught at the University of Texas. more >>
 
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—Here, the flag snaps in the glare and silence
Of the unbroken ice. I stand here,
The dogs bark, my beard is black, and I stare
At the North Pole. . .
And now what? Why, go ba...
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Randall Jarrell (1914-1965), U.S. poet, critic. 90 North (l. 9-14). . . The Complete Poems [Randall Jarrell]. (1969; repr. 1989) Farrar, Straus an...
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I wrung from the darkness—that the darkness flung me—
Is worthless as ignorance: nothing comes from nothing,
The darkness from the darkness. Pain comes from the darkness
And w...
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Randall Jarrell (1914-1965), U.S. poet, critic. 90 North (l. 30-33). . . The Complete Poems [Randall Jarrell]. (1969; repr. 1989) Farrar, Straus a...
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Jarrell is easily the greatest poet/critic of the 20th century. -LP
 
 
 
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