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Abstract The protagonist in Mary Wilkins Freeman’s short story “A Poetess” has a complex relationship with her poetry and how others perceive it. This relationship can be analyzed and understood through the actions of her pet canary and how it behaves in certain instances.
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Concentrating on works that are frequently anthologized and studied in college classrooms, The Explicator, with its yearly index of titles, is a must for college and university libraries and teachers of literature. Text-based criticism thrives in The Explicator. One of few in its class, the journal publishes concise notes on passages of prose and poetry. Each issue contains between 25 and 30 notes on works of literature, ranging from ancient Greek and Roman times to our own, from throughout the world. Students rely on The Explicator for insight into works they are studying.
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