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WHAT'S MISSED: POEMS

Shaffer, Erin Louise
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1058649471

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2003, Master of Arts, Miami University, English.
This collection of poems attempts to illustrate that despite the possible pain of an examined life, through it, greater levels of meaning can be revealed. They tend towards a narrative mode, but are also interested in lyric methods of presenting the small agonies and joys of human existence. The poems are attuned to presenting the beauty and meaning of the everyday with a voice of humor, wit and sincerity, and are deeply concerned with character. They reflect attention to the accretion of detail. It is important that they be morning glories and hyacinths, not just flowers. The reader is invited to the same level of conscientiousness with which the speakers in these poems experience the world. These works aspire to help others see mirrors of their own experience and motivate them to create their own paths to understanding.
David Schloss (Advisor)
55 p.
Literature, American
poetry

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  • Shaffer, E. L. (2003). WHAT'S MISSED: POEMS [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1058649471

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Shaffer, Erin. WHAT'S MISSED: POEMS. 2003. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1058649471.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Shaffer, Erin. "WHAT'S MISSED: POEMS." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1058649471

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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