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New Haven is the second largest city in Connecticut.  It is situated approximately 40 miles South of Wallace Steven's home in Hartford, Connecticut.  Founded by English Puritans in 1638, New Haven is the home of Yale University.  Its nickname is "The Elm City."

Nhskyline eastshore

New Haven, CT skyline

An Ordinary Evening in New Haven[]

line 153 (ix.9):

A view of New Haven, say, through the certain eye,

line 189 (xi.9):

And Juda becomes New Haven or else must.

line 236 (xiv.2):

Professor Eucalyptus of New Haven seeks him

line 237 (xiv.3):

In New Haven with an eye that does not look

line 257 (xv.5):

The instinct for earth, for New Haven, for his room,

line 402 (xxiii.6):

If, then, New Haven is half sun, what remains,

line 471 (xxvii.3):

If more unreal than New Haven, is not

line 491 (xxviii.5):

Real and unreal are two in one: New Haven

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Wallace Stevens Concordance

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