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This is a somewhat extensive biography of Joy Harjo. I skipped to the sidelights section because it gives more important information about Harjo's writing influences. The sidelights section also provides commentary about Harjo's books and poetry from critics-incorporates direct quotes.

This essay analyzes the poem Renascence, but also reinforces the idea about the simplicity and power of Ms. Millay's poetry.

Critical Essay which examines the themes of Joy Harjo's poetry, and also addresses the subjects that she identifies with the most.

A literary analysis of Warren's novels and poetry.  

A criticism on the imagery and persona present in Robert Penn Warren's Poetry.  

An analysis of Robert Penn Warren's original collection of poetry and themes discussed.  

an outlook on the poetry of Robert Penn Warren.  

This article is about Carl Sandburg and his poetry, strictly about his Chicago volumes.

Literary Criticism on the early work of John Berryman in comparison to his later work.

This is an overview of one of her poetry collections that discuss the different sections of her poems. This poem collection shows the struggles of African Americans and talks about different relationship effects.

This essay covers Joy Harjo's career as a singer/poet, and it also describes her main subjects of poetry.

Describes the romantic style and technique that defines E. E. Cumming's poetry.

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In the following essay, Lindberg-Seyersted considers Plath's concerns with clairvoyance and occultism in her life and poetry.

A look at the strong sexual themes in Ginsberg's poetry, specifically homoeroticism.

A retrospective of Ginsberg's poetry, observing his subject matter, and juxtaposing it in a modern light.

"Published in 1986, Bly's first selected poems differs significantly from his more recent selection, Eating the Honey of Words. Bly radically revises poems from Sleepers Joining Hands especially. Each section is prefaced with brief but illuminating essays tracing the evolution of Bly's poetry from book to book." (Robertbly.com)

Romanticism is magnified in this critical essay as one of the prominent elements of H.D.'s poetry - which deviates from focusing on H.D.'s other famous themes, such as bisexuality and feminism.

This critical essay goes in-depth into the interpretation of some of H.D.'s poetry.

"Literature critics writing about Hilda Doolittle have tended to focus their discussion on one among a series of possible splittings they find in her work: the word from the object, language from experience, public from private, or even a splitting of the self into two different selves. Those critics who have recuperated H. D. into the fields of feminist criticism and gay and lesbian studies generally stress the closeting of H.D.'s work. The work published during her lifetime-mostly poetry-addresses lesbian sexuality only very indirectly. The largely autobiographical prose manuscripts unearthed after her death take her lesbian relationships as their main subject."

This article reviews Gary Snyder as he begins to follow Zen tradition/beliefs, his life experiences after devoting himself to Zen Buddhism, the influence it had on his writing (poetry), etc.