Pocketful of Pebbles
by Maier, Molly Anne, M.A., NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, 2007, 40 pages; 1449688

Abstract:

In my thesis I hope to illustrate topics that may be common but can be made beautiful through poetry. I have written poems about my background as a working class girl in the northern Midwest. Many of my poems are written in free verse because it gives them a conversational tone that conveys the lifestyle of working hard and enjoying life. I write about the difficulties of being working class or below the poverty line and how that affects children.

My thesis also includes poems written in metrical form and a few prose poems. My formal poems tend to be more whimsical than my free verse. I have a section of love poems in this thesis. About the little things in relationships that shows the uniqueness of love. I write poems about places and people that I love in the hopes that my affections for them comes through on the page.

 
AdvisersBeverly Matherne; Diane Sautter
SchoolNORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
SourceMAI/ 46-03, p. , Mar 2008
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsAmerican literature
Publication Number1449688
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