First Advisor

Henry Carlile

Term of Graduation

Spring 1998

Date of Publication

5-8-1998

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (M.A.) in English

Department

English

Language

English

Subjects

Anmarie Trimble

Physical Description

1 online resource (i, 32 pages)

Abstract

If considered thematically, this collection of love poems explores loss and the desired subject using metaphors and images of the body and the objects with which we define ourselves. These poems also explore the body and these objects so as to suggest ideas beyond the particular.

The collection is divided into three sections: Ultrasound, Ouija Flood, and Dream of Surgery. Part one, Ultrasound, investigates selfimage formation by using the body as idea and metaphor for physical, social, and psychological confinement. Part two, Ouija Flood, contrasts storm and desert imagery against human-constructed interiors to illuminate the elaborate psychological constructs of desire and self-definition. Part three, Dream of Surgery, expands on the idea of self-image as presented in part one, while examining the violence inherent in change and transformation.

Taken as a whole, these three sections progressively develop nuances of loss, culminating in the final poem's conclusion where the persona holds the power to transform experience and re-create visions of the self in relationship to the world.

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