[New-Poetry] "Poetry" question

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There's instructions for subbing to MMOORE-L listserv here...
http://projects.vassar.edu/bishop/links.php
If the list is still active, someone on it might be of help with the 13 line "Poetry".
I'm on the Wallace Stevens Listserv and the people on it are very good about
rooting around in nooks and crannies of Stevensiana.
Finnegan

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From: Robin Hamilton <robin.hamilton2 at btinternet.com>
Sent: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:35 am
Subject: [New-Poetry] "Poetry" question


In an article by Donald Hall on Marianne Moore's "Poetry", to which my attention was directed by Judy Prince, I found the following:?
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"Poetry" has had several incarnations. The last version, appearing in the _Complete Poems_ of 1967, is four lines long, having been cut from a poem of thirty-eight lines that appeared in the _Selected Poems_ of 1935 and the Collected Poems of 1951. This longer version, in turn, grew out of the original thirteen lines printed in _Observations_.?
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Two questions:?
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Does anyone have access to the earliest 13 line version, and would it be legitimate to post it??
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Am I right in thinking there were *two variants of the 38 line version, where MM adjusted one line to "perfect" the syllabic structure??
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Thanks in advance.?
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Robin?
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