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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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 |