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    A Study Guide for May Swenson's "Southbound on the Freeway"
    A Study Guide for May Swenson's "Southbound on the Freeway"
    A Study Guide for May Swenson's "Southbound on the Freeway"
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    A Study Guide for May Swenson's "Southbound on the Freeway"

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    A Study Guide for May Swenson's "Southbound on the Freeway," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateAug 26, 2016
    ISBN9781535833882
    A Study Guide for May Swenson's "Southbound on the Freeway"

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      A Study Guide for May Swenson's "Southbound on the Freeway" - Gale

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      Southbound on the Freeway

      May Swenson

      1963

      Introduction

      May Swenson is known as much for the content of her poems as she is for the form and sound of many of her writings. Her style is often compared to the styles of e. e. cummings, Elizabeth Bishop, and Marianne Moore. Swenson experimented with poetic language, using such devices as metaphor, alliteration, assonance, and dissonance. By using these devices, many of Swenson’s poems are not only intriguing to listen to, but also to read, through her visual inventiveness. May Swenson’s poetry is filled with imagery in how it is heard and how it is laid out on the page, with her flowing personal and imaginative observations. As a testimony to her wide range of interests, Swenson wrote books of poetry for children, Poems to Solve, and More Poems to Solve, along with a book of very personal, very erotic poetry, Love Poems. After reading Southbound on the Freeway, a person will take a second look at what a passing car may truly represent.

      Author Biography

      Swenson was born May 28, 1919, in Logan, Utah. Following her graduation from Utah State University, she worked as a reporter in Salt Lake City. In 1949, Swenson moved to New York City, where she held various jobs before becoming an editor for New Directions Press in 1959. She resigned the position seven years later to devote her time to writing. In subsequent years, Swenson was featured as poet-in-residence at several colleges, including Purdue University, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Lothbridge University in Alberta, Canada, and the University of California

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