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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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 |