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Title Poet Poem Criticism Type Tags
George Monteiro: On "Birches" Robert Frost Birches Poem Criticism New England; winter; imagery; swinging birches
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
D. H. Melhem: On "Gay Chaps at the Bar" Gwendolyn Brooks Gay Chaps at the Bar Poem Criticism Harlem Awakening; Sonnet; soldiers; World War II; imagery
Kevin Stein on: "A Step Away From Them" Frank O'Hara A Step Away From Them Poem Criticism imagery; time; restrictions; Death; safety
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
Thomas H. Johnson: On 258 ("There's a certain Slant of light") Emily Dickinson 258 (There's a certain Slant of light,) Poem Criticism Religion; Sensory; Death; Mood; Light; imagery; Spiritual