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- ↑ Lawrence Rainey (15 July 2005). Modernism: An Anthology. John Wiley & Sons. p. 1160. ISBN 978-0-631-20448-0.
- ↑ Darlene Williams Erickson (1992). Illusion and More Precise Then Precision: The Poetry of Marianne Moore. University of Alabama Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-8173-0570-3.
- ↑ Linda Leavell (5 November 2013). Holding On Upside Down: The Life and Work of Marianne Moore. Faber & Faber. p. 363. ISBN 978-0-571-30183-6.