Tags: Poem.
Lunar Paraphrase is a poem from the second (1931) edition ofWallace Stevens’s first book of poetryHarmonium. One of Stevens’swar poems from Lettres d’un Soldat (1918) it is in the publicdomain.The poem makes use of a late autumn night to express a mood. It appropriates Christian images in a manner that is consistent with a naturalism that disclaims religious belief.