American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes

American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin

Terrance Hayes

112 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction poetry race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

In seventy poems bearing the same title, Terrance Hayes explores the meanings of American, of assassin, and of love in the sonnet form. Written during the first two hundred days of the Trump presidency, these poems are haunted by the country's pas...

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Moods

emotional 79%
reflective 79%
challenging 62%
dark 37%
sad 24%
inspiring 20%
funny 14%
hopeful 14%
tense 14%
informative 7%
adventurous 5%
mysterious 3%

Pace

medium 47%
fast 31%
slow 20%

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