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"The Idea of Order at Key West" - Wallace Stevens
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"The Idea of Order at Key West" - Wallace Stevens

Exploring Wallace Stevens's enigmatic philosophical poem

Today we’re taking a look at Wallace Stevens’s thorny but brilliant 1934 poem. “Idea of Order” explores ideas of poetry, chaos and order, and the act of creation itself. Be warned: these are the sorts of poems that bear rereading!

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