Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. An Interlude 35
7. Chapter 1 W. B. Yeats 53
8. Chapter 2 Wallace Stevens 81
9. Chapter 3 Elizabeth Bishop 107
10. Chapter 4 James Merrill 133
11. Chapter 5 Emily Dickinson 157
12. Chapter 6 Carly Simon 201
13. Chapter 7 Terrance Hayes 221
14. Epilogue: Every Þrose has its thorn 247
15. Appendix A 261
16. Appendix B 263
17. Works Cited 267
18. Index 287