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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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 |