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References
- ↑ Little, Michael R. (ed.) Bloom's How to Write about Robert Frost. Infobase Publishing, ISBN 978-1-60413-347-9
- ↑ Maxson, H. A. (2005). On the Sonnets of Robert Frost: A Critical Examination of the 37 Poems. McFarland, ISBN 978-0-7864-2420-7
- ↑ Bloom, Harold (2003). Robert Frost. Infobase Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7910-7443-5
