Black Rook in Rainy Weather ............................................................380 The Times Are Tidy ............................................................................384 Morning Song .....................................................................................388 Finisterre ...........................................................................................392 Mirror ................................................................................................396 Pheasant ............................................................................................399 Elm .....................................................................................................402 Poppies in July ..................................................................................407 The Arrival of the Bee Box ..................................................................411 Child .................................................................................................. 415 An Overview of the Themes in Sylvia Plath’s Poetry ........................ 418 Important Features of Sylvia Plath’s Language and Style ................422 Writing About Sylvia Plath ................................................................427
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Joy ................................................................................................432 Dominion over the Beasts of the Earth .........................................436 The Searchers ..............................................................................443 Letter to a Photojournalist Going-In ............................................448 The Universe is a House Party .....................................................455 The Museum of Obsolescence .....................................................460 Don’t You Wonder, Sometimes? ..................................................466 It’s Not .........................................................................................473 The Universe as Primal Scream ..................................................477 The Greatest Personal Privation .................................................482 I am 60 odd years of age .............................................................488 Ghazal .........................................................................................494 An Overview of the Themes in Tracy K. Smith’s Poetry .............498 Important Features of Tracy K. Smith’s Language and Style .....503 Writing About Tracy K. Smith .....................................................509