Incident in a Rose Garden | Language Chosen to Show Different Attitudes
In this essay, the author analyzes the carefully chosen language that Justice uses to produce the variations in attitudes of the three main voices in his poem.
Donald Justice is often referred to as the poet’s
poet. This title refers to the fact that many poets
know and respect his work, many of them having
had him as their teacher, but few critics pay much
attention to his work because he does not draw the
attention of a large, general audience. Although
they have won many prestigious awards, his published
works are few. He is, in other words, a poet
who cherishes quality over quantity. He concentrates
on the specifics, carefully choosing his
words, filling each one with as much meaning as
possible, and then saying no more. And although
his...
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