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skip fox

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2. Yes, well, but the situation suggests itself, as they say.

Reply to randr (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 08:39 AM

Jul 2016

After all, the circus is in town.

(Aside: "Desolation Row" is a postmodern version of Mathew Arnold's "Dover Beach" . . . as "Lady and I look out tonight," etc. Both depict a certain view of the outer desolate world which provides either dark possibilities for the near future or a passing burlesque in the present. In both the poet is in a secure position with his lover. Dylan's sanctuary seems a bit more secure.)

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