1. The Poetry Of Linda McCarriston
Feeling Poetry Linda McCarriston shapes feelings of anger, rage, contempt and healing in her poetry through narration, metaphors with detailed sensory language as she unfolds the painful story of sexual abuse and family abuse at the hands of her alcoholic father. ... Any woman reading her poems feels the brutality, shame, and humiliation inflicted upon her and her mother by her father. ... The initial short sound of the first vowel (i) in the word "in" repeated throughout the first stanza and in the name of the poem (A Castle In Lynn) emphasizes to the reader the act of intercourse; a man...
- Word Count: 3020
- Approx Pages: 12
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School