The final scene of this poem takes place under the "chalk-dry and spar spire" of a church.
The final scene of this poem takes place under the "chalk-dry and spar spire" of a church. One character in this poem is a "fairy decorator" who'd "rather marry" than operate his shop, and another "seemed to leap from an L.L. Bean catalogue." After seeing "love-cars" with "lights turned down," the narrator of this poem hears his "ill-spirit sob in each blood cell" while listening to a car radio bleat and realizes (*) "I myself am hell." This poem opens by describing "Nautilus Island's hermit heiress" and later remarks that "nobody's here" except for a creature with an "ostrich tail" that "will not scare" while swilling a garbage pail. For 10 points, name this poem that pairs a small town's decay with the nocturnal activity of the title creature, a work of Robert Lowell.
The final scene of this poem takes place under the "chalk-dry and spar spire" of a church.
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