Here are my various comments on various blogs:

MARCH 18

Hi! My name is Alison, and for my English class, we are all posting blogs about our favorite poets, and I chose Rita Dove.  I also analyzed her poem “Lady Freedom Among Us”, and there’s just one thing I think I should quickly correct you on.  Obviously the Statue of Liberty would make a lot of sense as the “Lady Freedom” that Dove describes in her poem, but she is actually referring to the Thomas Crawford Lady Freedom statue that was taken down, repaired, and relocate when Dove wrote her poem.  Your basic analysis, on the other hand, I completely agree with; Dove wants to prove that the Statue stands resolute, even when some would no longer see or believe in her.  Because we’ve had a taste of freedom, we can never go back to a time where it’s not an implied right!
Check out MY blog at http://alisonegr5.edublogs.org/ !!  We can discuss our favorite poems of Dove’s

Hi! My name is Alison, and for my english class, we are all posting blogs about our favorite poets, and I chose Rita Dove.  I also analyzing her poem “DayStar”, and I pretty much agree with what you said here.  The mother seems trapped and exhausted by a family that doesn’t really contain “attained love” and she no longer feels a love for her husband Thomas (did you know that this poem was about Dove’s Grandmother and Grandfather??).  On the other hand, I think the mother DOES still feel this maternal love towards the children, and required love towards her husband to the point where she’s ashamed to want to escape, and thats why she can only go out to the back yard and dream.  She is both not strong enough to leave AND she is strong enough to stay.
check out MY blog at http://alisonegr5.edublogs.org/ !!  We can discuss our favorite poems of Dove’s

Hi Anna!
I agree that our poets seem similar, if merely in their writing backgrounds. As you say, both are strong, independent female writers that have gone on to very successful careers inside and outside of poetic circles. Their African American Heritage led them to both speak of prejudices, or at least of a sense of being “lesser”, but Rita Dove seemed to base hers more on a sense of poverty, of the being in the lower classes of America, and of feeling that despair and lack of hope. I really like Brooks’ style of writing in comparison to Dove’s, for though they have this similar chord within each poem, you can still detect differences.

MARCH 26

Hi again!
Going on from my earlier comment, I’ve gone more in depth on their separate influences, and Dove defiantly was moved into writing poetry by Brooks. She followed Brooks’ way of saying truly shocking things (like statements of Abortions for Brooks and statements of loveless marriages on the wife’s side for Dove) in a simple, understandable, and heart tugging manner. I truly respect both writers for their outspoken honesty.

Hi MacDaddy! My name is Alison, and I’m researching the poet Rita Dove, whose birthday you mentioned a while ago haha, and as I was going through her writing style I found a tribute written by her to Gwendolyn Brooks, and how her writing led Dove to write her own works of art.  The link between the two writers is really clear, too, for both write shockingly honest views of topics that some people would never dare to touch, such as Brooks’ view of abortion in “The Mother”, and Dove’s view on a loveless life/family in “DayStar”.  I love both of their writing styles, and I respect them both for their strength in writing.

MARCH 29

Hi! My name is Alison, and I’m doing an analysis of the poet Rita Dove, and though this seems random, she and Pound are actually similar writers in some ways!
This short poem takes most of Pounds writing style and wraps it up in a nice, simple packet; he was all about the imagery and it’s importance.  When he says “As cool as the pale wet leaves”, he is using an image to describe the feeling and mood behind the poem and the description of whoever “she” is.  Dove does a similar thing through HER writing, like in her poem DayStar; just the simple WORDS of that poem describe the feeling of despair that the main character feels.

If you want to see more of my analysis on this, please check out my blog at http://alisonegr5.edublogs.org/!   thanks!

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I wrote:

“Hi! My name is Alison, and my english class is doing blogs on some of our favorite poets, and I chose Rita Dove… I love her! It’s great to hear shes still writing and that a collection will be available so soon!
Come check out my blog, we can discuss some of her best works!
http://alisonegr5.edublogs.org !”

The Reply:

“Hi Alison,
Thank God Rita is still writing. I hope she has 10 more volumes or more in her.
Thanks for stopping by.”