American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes

American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin

Terrance Hayes

112 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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In seventy poems bearing the same title, Terrance Hayes explores the meanings of American, of assassin, and of love in the sonnet form. Written during the first two hundred days of the Trump presidency, these poems are haunted by the country's pas...

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Moods

emotional 82%
reflective 81%
challenging 65%
dark 43%
sad 27%
inspiring 21%
tense 16%
funny 14%
hopeful 13%
adventurous 5%
informative 5%
mysterious 3%

Pace

medium 47%
fast 33%
slow 18%

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