The Dark Houses
work by Hall
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The Dark Houses is a 1958 poetry collection by American poet Donald Hall. This work marked a shift in Hall's style, moving from the strict formalism of his earlier collection, Exiles and Marriages, towards a richer emotional range. This collection presaged the more personal and anecdotal style for which Hall became known in his later works. Hall, a former Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, explored themes of personal expression and experience throughout his career.1
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