Rivers

Rivers appear in eight of Stevens' poems. Those eight poems appear below, along with the appropriate line references. Because of their transitory nature, rivers hold deep symbolic meaning in Stevens' poetry. Rivers are a solid force yet are ever changing and shifting. Because of this, they can represent change, uncertainty, or even powerful intangibles such as the imagination. This idea as presented in Stevens' poetry is reminiscent of philosopher Heraclitus's famous statement "No man ever steps in the same river twice."  
==Rivers in Stevens' Poetry==
Sunday Morning 	Sunday Morning
line 80 (vi.5): 	With rivers like our own that seek for seas
 	
Frogs Eat Butterflies. Snakes Eat Frogs. Hogs Eat Snakes. Men Eat Hogs	Frogs Eat Butterflies. Snakes Eat Frogs. Hogs Eat Snakes. Men Eat Hogs
line 1: 	It is true that the rivers went nosing like swine,
line 14: 	As the swine-like rivers suckled themselves
 	
Mud Master 	Mud Master
line 1: 	The muddy rivers of spring
 	
Montrachet-le-Jardin 	Montrachet-le-Jardin
line 71: 	I dreamed, of autumn rivers, silvas green,
 	
The Pure Good of Theory 	The Pure Good of Theory
line 24 (ii.3): 	Of serpents like z rivers simmering,
 	
The Dove in the Belly 	The Dove in the Belly
line 4: 	The rivers shine and hold their mirrors up,
 	
The River of Rivers in Connecticut 	The River of Rivers in Connecticut
Title: 	The River of Rivers in Connecticut
Phases (OP) 	Phases (OP)
line 96 (x.3): 	Rivers of jade,
==References ==
1. http://www.wallacestevens.com/concordance/WSdb.cgi