To aid direct searches for applicable criticism, all of the currently available criticism is listed below with the associated poet, poem, criticism type, and tags, as applicable. Criticism can also be filtered by these criteria using the sidebar on the right.
Title | Poet | Poem | Criticism Type | Tags |
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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 |
Phillip Ernstmeyer: On "Dust World" | Adrian C. Louis | Dust World | Poem Criticism | devastated background; absolute cynicism; diminishes; hero; self-recognition; incongruous; sexual virility; swaggering machismo; Parody; white American masculinity; Hollywood cinema; cartoonish; Clint Eastwood; Steve McQueen; Scott A. Campbell; heroism; Irony; dissimulate; colonialism |