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Title Poet Poem Criticism Type Tags
Pontheolla T. Williams: On "A Letter from Phyllis Wheatley" Robert Hayden A Letter from Phillis Wheatley Poem Criticism colonial; slavery; docile; horrrors; middle passage; segregated; Eden; Cannibal Mockingbird; humor; Religion; faith
John C. Kemp: On "Mending Wall" Robert Frost Mending Wall Poem Criticism super-natural; humor; separation; non-moral
Caroline Rogue: On 465 ("I heard a Fly buzz--when I died--") Emily Dickinson 465 (I heard a Fly buzz——when I died——) Poem Criticism Death; humor; death bed; meaning of the fly; assumptions
Paula Bennett: On 465 ("I heard a Fly buzz--when I died--") Emily Dickinson 465 (I heard a Fly buzz——when I died——) Poem Criticism Death; humor; Irony; curiosity; unknown; after life