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Title Poet Poem Criticism Type Tags
Albert J. Von Frank: On "Desert Places" Robert Frost Desert Places Poem Criticism Nature; Identity; Nothingness; Paradox; Meaning; absent-spiritedness; isolation; home
Hugh Witemeyer: On "Portrait d'une Femme" Ezra Pound Portrait d'une Femme Poem Criticism fragmented women; female archetypes; materialistic; Identity
Susan McCabe: On "The Fish" Elizabeth Bishop Poem Criticism fish; Identity; Uncertainty; Differences; Isinglass; Vision; Visualization; unity
Memories of West Street Memories of West Street Poem Criticism relativism; imagery; clothing; absorption; confident; penetration; mature; Irony; manacle; instincts; depersonalization; Identity; book-worming; confession; authority
George Stavros: An Interview on "We Real Cool" Gwendolyn Brooks We Real Cool Poem Criticism colloquial rhythm; form; feeling; pretensions; Identity
Brad Gooch: On "Thinking of James Dean" Frank O'Hara Thinking of James Dean Poem Criticism Elegy; quatrains; East of Eden; Rebel Without a Cause; John Ashbery; Identity; moral crisis; exhibitionism; sentimentality; comteporaneity; Pop element; frustrated love; tragic lyric figure; Romantics
Jean Wagner: On "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" Langston Hughes The Negro Speaks of Rivers Poem Criticism Black History; African American; racism; American History; Idealization; Black Identity; Identity