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    A Study Guide for Kay Ryan's "All Shall be Restored"
    A Study Guide for Kay Ryan's "All Shall be Restored"
    A Study Guide for Kay Ryan's "All Shall be Restored"
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    A Study Guide for Kay Ryan's "All Shall be Restored"

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    A Study Guide for Kay Ryan's "All Shall be Restored," 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 dateSep 2, 2016
    ISBN9781535817905
    A Study Guide for Kay Ryan's "All Shall be Restored"

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      All Shall Be Restored

      Kay Ryan

      1996

      Introduction

      California poet Kay Ryan achieved national recognition when she was asked by the Library of Congress to serve as poet laureate from 2008 to 2009. In 2009, she was asked to serve a second one-year term. Her poetry in general is characterized by its philosophical nature, its efficiency of expression, and by structures that often make use of internal rhyming. Her 1996 poem All Shall Be Restored exemplifies these characteristics. In this work, Ryan explores the notion that the world will one day return to its original state, a state in which all evidence of humanity's impact on the earth will be erased. The poem is brief, and in succinct terms Ryan offers a broad view of the natural world and the transient nature of humanity's place in this world. While many of Ryan's works are described as both pithy and playful, All Shall Be Restored has too much philosophical and emotional depth to be treated lightly. While the theme of restoration has positive overtones, in Ryan's poem the idea of restoration is ironically juxtaposed with the erasure of humanity from the planet.

      Ryan's All Shall Be Restored first appeared in the 1996 volume of poetry Elephant Rocks, published by Grove Press.

      Author Biography

      Ryan was born on September 21, 1945, to Kay and Bessie Pederson, in San Jose, California. Kay Richard Pederson, Ryan's father, was an oil driller. Raised in the desert region of Southern California, Ryan graduated in 1963 from Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, California. She went on to the University of California at Los Angeles, receiving a B.A. in 1967 and an M.A. in 1968,

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