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Grace notes : poems / by Rita Dove.

By:

Dove, Rita, , 1952-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Norton , c1989.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 73 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780393306965

Subject(s):

Poetry, American

DDC classification:

811.54 DOV

LOC classification:

PS3554.O884 G7 1989

Awards:

Poet Laureate of the US 1993-5.

Summary: The title of the collection serves as an umbrella for the intimate concerns expressed in the forty-eight poems; in music, grace notes are those added to the basic melody, the embellishments that if played or sung at the right moment with just the right touch can break your heart. Isn't this what every lyric poem wishes to be, the poet asks as she explored autobiographical events, most from childhood and the cusp of adolescence, and then turns to the shadowy areas of regret and memory. The word as talisman is another of her concerns, and finally, in the section that most typifies the lilt of grace notes, Dove considers the embellishments below the melody of daily life. distributed by Syndetic Solutions, LLC.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	811.54 DOV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		034107

The title of the collection serves as an umbrella for the intimate concerns expressed in the forty-eight poems; in music, grace notes are those added to the basic melody, the embellishments that if played or sung at the right moment with just the right touch can break your heart. Isn't this what every lyric poem wishes to be, the poet asks as she explored autobiographical events, most from childhood and the cusp of adolescence, and then turns to the shadowy areas of regret and memory. The word as talisman is another of her concerns, and finally, in the section that most typifies the lilt of grace notes, Dove considers the embellishments below the melody of daily life. distributed by Syndetic Solutions, LLC.

Poet Laureate of the US 1993-5.

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