The swan poem and others are from ........... book Types of Shapes by John Hollander. Let's see if you can work this out for yourself, Kate. The indefinite article 'a' means 'one'. In other words, it's just one of several or many of these things that exist. The definite article 'the' refers to a specific thing. Remember: when we use 'the', the listener always knows exactly which thing you are talking about. Now, here's a question for you: Are there several books called Types of Shape by John Hollander? Or is there only book of this title by this writer? If you can answer that question, you'll know how to complete the sentence.

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