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 		An Introduction to Louis Zukofsky's "A"-9
"A" is Zukofsky's "poem of a lifetime": 800 pages, in 24 movements, written over 50 years. Its 9th movement is a brilliant recreation of the human mind in dynamic motion.
Sonata Mulattica Bucks a Trend
The new book from former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove is not only an unusual project, but also features a way of writing that's often missing from today's poetry world.
Important Female Writers of the Beat Generation
While the women of the Beat movement did not receive the same attention of the mass media as the men, they were equally important in defining the generation.
Famous Women Writers of the Beat Generation
While the women of the Beat movement did not receive the same attention of the mass media as the men, they were equally important in defining the generation.
John Ashbery's "Novelty Love Trot"
Individuals can be defined by what they like or dislike, own or discard, or think or ignore, but that is merely a scratch on the surface compared to doing or not doing.
Norman Scott Momaday's Way to Rainy Mountain
Momaday's Epic, The Way to Rainy Mountain, Gives the Reader a Comprehensive History of the Kiowa Tribe Through Three Poetic Voices From Mythic Emergence to Modern Times
Elizabeth Oakes Smith's Poetry
The creative writing of Elizabeth Oakes Smith, an 19th century poet, lecturer and activist, was influenced by tragic experiences at sea.
Frank O'Hara's "Today"
Everything, even the smallest most inane object, has meaning, but sometimes it is necessary to look a little closer to see what that meaning is.
Louis Zukofsky's Sincere Perception of Language
Beginning with words as perceptible objects, Zukofsky's poetry generates a sense of dynamism and interactivity that moves beyond poetic description and authorial intent.
Louis Zukofsky and the Objectified Poem
Louis Zukofsky used every aspect of the written word to create multi-faceted poems which replicate the dynamics of worldly, human experience.
Garrison's "Bach in the Subway"
Being lost without a direction or need for a direction can create wonderful feelings of weightlessness, and it is a perfectly respectable way to spend one's time.
Joseph Brodsky's "A Polar Explorer"
Exploration is touted as the pathway to discovery and human achievement, but sometimes when you reach for the top the bottom falls out.
Donald Hall Chronicle of Causality
Everyone knows that in order to have safe sex you must use protection, but sometimes the consequences of safe sex can be just as devastating as unsafe sex.
Levine's "Animals Are Passing From Our Lives"
When facing an obstacle the easy way out is tempting, but it is better face to adversity with head held high even in the thick of increasing vacuousness.
Kunitz's "The Portrait"
Art often enables people to release pent up emotions and thoughts that would otherwise drive them mad, yet sometimes it is madness that drives creativity.
William Bronk – Oh What a Relief He Is
The American poet William Bronk, who died in 1999, is the perfect antidote for anyone whose not in tune with all the experimentation going on in American poetry today.
Ted Kooser's "Tattoo"
Ageing, despite the futile attempts of modern medicine, is inevitable and it is through this vehicle of transience that all human beings eventually become equal.
Character Development in "The Mountain"
As the mountain dominates Lunenburg, so also it dominates the narrator's mind. With blank verse techniques, Frost brings out the narrator's character in subtle ways.
The Mountain by Robert Frost
With excellent blank verse techniques that includes wonderful dialog, this poem from "North of Boston", Frost's second book, keeps the reader captivated.
Auden's The Unknown Citizen
Human beings are complicated, defying labels and over simplifications, yet in the interests of scientific or political progress humanity is often reduced base symbols.
When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd
When the great Anglo-American novelist Henry James first read 'When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd,' he plainly detested it.
Metaphors by Sylvia Plath – Layers of Meaning
Plath loads multi-layered allusions onto every term in Metaphors. Waiting to be discovered are comments about Eve and Original Sin, and mothers devalued as mere breeders.
Metaphors by Sylvia Plath is a Riddle Poem
Sylvia Plath has signalled that her poem Metaphors should be read as a light-hearted take on pregnancy by choosing a playful riddle poem format and using its fun aspects.
Analysis of Robert Frost's "The Mountain"
Analysis of "The Mountain" shows how Robert Frost used both description and dialogue to convey a story. Much can be gathered from what he did not include in the poem.
Metaphors by Sylvia Plath Not Bitter and Gloomy
The Plath suicide colors academics' appraisal of her work. Metaphors is not the bitter, gloomy view of pregnancy it is often painted. Rather, it is a fun pregnancy poem.