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050	0	0	_aPS3554.O884 _bG7 1989
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100	1		_aDove, Rita _d, 1952-
245	1	0	_aGrace notes _b: poems _c/ by Rita Dove.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Norton _c, c1989.
300			_axiii, 73 p. _c; 22 cm.
520			_aThe 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.
586			_aPoet Laureate of the US 1993-5.
650		4	_aPoetry, American
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