“I placed a jar in Tennessee
And round it was, upon a hill.”

— Wallace Stevens

"Anecdote of the Jar"
Context: I placed a jar in Tennessee
And round it was, upon a hill.
It made the slovenly wilderness
Surround that hill.
The wilderness rose upon it,
And sprawled around, no longer wild.

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American poet 1879–1955

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