Lucille Clifton’s Voices
An analyzation of three poems in Clifton’s latest book.
A literary critique of "Sympathy" by Dunbar.
A literary critique of Dunbar’s poem.
The title of the poem is “Why, On a Bad Day, I Can Relate to the Manatee”, by Denise Duhamel.
Is poetry dead? Is it useful only for old men longing for the past and tweenage girls longing for their junior high “bf”s? Not so! The study of poetry enhances writing skills, teaches clarity of thought, improves reading comprehension, and fosters ingenuity. What abilities could be more practical in a competitive business world?
Essay on the poem Visiting Hour by Norman McCaig describing the feelings and thoughts provoked by the poem.
This essay looks in to the meaning behind the words in the poem “Death of a Naturalist”.
If dogs can play poker they can be authors, doctors, lawyers, and pool sharks too.
This is an article I wrote explaining the meaning of the poem, “A Narrow Fellow” by Emily Dickinson.