Date of Award

2018

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in English

Department

English

First Advisor

Pagel, Caryl

Subject Headings

Language Arts, Rhetoric

Abstract

In this collection of poems, the issue of damage-based thinking and desire-based thinking is being examined. It is being examined through the use of several different types of poetry techniques. Within the poems, the past, the present, and the future are examined and asks a larger question: How can we, as people take the daily violence that we encounter and find – and/or work our way to – joy.

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