LITR 3731: Creative Writing 2005

Respondent's questions 
for reading presentations

Sherry Mann’s Questions for Discussion concerning Devon Kitch's Poem "Friends," 7 Feb. 2005

  1. To Class: Would anyone like to comment on any universal aspects of the poem?
  1. To Devon: Why does the style of the poem shift from a fragmented to a prose-like style? Is there some significance to this? Was this intentional?
  1. To Class: What do you think of the shift? Does it fit or clash?
  1. To Devon:  In line 21, “From somewhere we never should have been,” what exactly do you mean?
  1. To Class and/or Devon: In line 28, “Busy with the business,” should there be a change of phrasing?