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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
fast-paced
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I hate that the bullies & thugs are the prime movers,/ whose polished boots set all into motion,/ swinging pendulum that never ceases
P. 86 "Hatefugue"
reflective
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
A few of these absolutely stopped me in my tracks. "Edward Hopper's 'Eleven A.M.,' 1926 completely did me in. "To Marlon Brando in Hell" was such an intricate analysis of a man in poem form the likes of which I haven't read before. "Hometown Waiting For You" felt a little too much like my life.
Every now and then, poetry sooths.
Every now and then, poetry sooths.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
Hit or miss like some people are saying. Her impactful poems are impactful, and her flat poems are flat. Some cool nonfiction stories and references involved
Most of these poems were sad and depressing (which was what I expected with a title like American Melancholy). There was one that didn’t quite hit the melancholic theme, but I still enjoyed it immensely (it was a weird cat poem, which are my favorites as a cat person). I was in the mood for adult angst and this collection delivered. Much of the poetry had themes dealing with human cruelty (in science towards animals and subjects), death, and injustice. “Palliative”, the last poem, was one of my favorites. It had an allusion to Emily Dickinson’s poem “Hope is the thing with feathers” that I really loved (it talks about hope being something to crush in a hopeless situation).
mysterious
sad
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