# The Inner Room

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- Book: [The Inner Room](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-merrill/the-inner-room) ([The Inner Room.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-merrill/the-inner-room.md))
- Authors: [James Merrill](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-merrill)
- Publisher: knopf
- ISBN: 978-06-7972-049-2
- Pages: 112
- Published: 1988-10-26
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

James Merrill's new collection, The Inner Room, combines symmetry with surprise. The first and last of its five parts include, in addition to diverse two masterly long poems each ('Morning Glory' and 'A...