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Title Poet Poem Criticism Type Tags
Jay Parini: On "The Road Not Taken" Robert Frost The Road Not Taken Poem Criticism Paths; Tone; Travel; Ironists
Katherine Kearns: On "After Apple-Picking" Robert Frost After Apple-Picking Poem Criticism Meter; Rhythm; Iambic Pentameter; Sleep; Tone
Anne Colewell: On "One Art" Elizabeth Bishop One Art Poem Criticism Tone; Villanelle; Duality; shan’t
Barbara B. Sims: On "We Real Cool" Gwendolyn Brooks We Real Cool Poem Criticism diction; Rhythm; pride; pathetic; falsehood; Tone
Pantheolla T. Williams: On Middle Passage Robert Hayden Middle Passage Poem Criticism origin; relates; Afro-American; hero; alien; slavery; timeless; free; immortal; tribes; Tone; dignified; mystical; lyrical; Narrative; telescoped; greed; gold; fragmentation; Allusion; justice; social-change; iconography; reckless; faith; optimism; black; poet; heritage
Jerald Ramsey: On "For A Coming Extinction" W. S. Merwin For A Coming Extinction Poem Criticism whale; Jonah; animal extinctions; Tone; Sarcasm; Irony; persona; despoilers; burden; imagination; evocation; The Lice; Dying
Donald E. Thackrey: On 258 ("There's a certain Slant of light") Emily Dickinson 258 (There's a certain Slant of light,) Poem Criticism Nature; Structure; imagery; Tone; Style; Psychoanalysis; metaphysics