Dana Gioia

On the surface, the poem "Money" by Dana Gioia is lighthearted in tone. It is basically an assortment of clichés and common sayings about money strung together in a poetic structure. However, the...

This poem is full of figures of speech and poetic elements. One of the first figures of speech that stands out to me is his use of anaphora, which is repetition at the beginning of each line. Dana...

Dana Gioia ‘s poem “Money” grabs hold of the subject that is constantly on everyone’s mind, even those people who have a lot of it. Gioia’s approach is clever and humorous. His language involves...

In the poem "Money", Dana Gioia uses imagery to convey in the reader an alternative illustration of money; one that takes away the glamour, enigma, and glitz that is often associated with it....

Your introductory paragraph should discuss the overarching thematic similarities between the poems, mentioning that they both appear to be poems in which the narrator is encountering, in some way,...

First, we should define "average reader." This might be tough. We don't want to be disparaging, nor do we want to glorify the "average reader" (which is disparaging in its own way). Perhaps we...