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A Critical Analysis of Her Work is the female poet who has been most responsive to changes in the black community, particularly in the community’s vision of itself. The first African American to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize; she was conside ....

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... (see the included poems) is a fine example of all three of these key elements. First and foremost is the use of ordinary speech. For instance the lines They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair / Dinner is a casual affair. Each of these words are easily understandable. Though plain speech, each word is used more differently and more intensely than in ordinary discourse. Old yellow pair resounds with more meaning than old couple. "Yellow" implies faded or old; "Pair" is more compassionate than "couple", suggesting more of a connection than just a matchup. Though easily readable, the first line sets a tone of ...