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ADOLESCENCE: 2 by RITA DOVE

Poet Analysis

First Line: ALTHOUGH IT IS NIGHT, I SIT IN THE BATHROOM, WAITING
Last Line: NIGHT RESTS LIKE A BALL OF FUR ON MY TONGUE
Subject(s): BABY BOOM GENERATION; WOMEN;

Poem Sources:

THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD, & O'CLAIR, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1988)
 
VINTAGE BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  MCCLATCHY, J. D. (ED.)
  (1990)
 
HARVARD BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  VENDLER, HELEN (ED.)
  (1985)
 
IN SEARCH OF COLOR EVERYWHERE: A COLLECTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY.
  MILLER, E. ETHELBERT (ED.)
  (1994)
 
BOOMER GIRLS; POEMS BY WOMEN FROM THE BABY BOOM GENERATION. EDITED BY PAMELA GEMIN AND PAULA SERGI.
  GEMIN, PAMELA (ED.)
  (1999)
 
BOSTON REVIEW, V12#1FE/87.
  (1987)
 
SELECTED POEMS.
  DOVE, RITA
  (1993)
 



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