Comparison of Poetry by Ezra Tompkins and Matthew Acahti

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In this article, the writer compares two poems by each of the poets Ezra Tompkins and Matthew Acahti. The poems discussed are Tompkins' "Story of My Life" and "Skaters" and Acahti's "Suggestions for Stabilizing" and "What is it That Compels?". The writer discusses that perhaps the greatest similarity between the works of the two poets is the method that each one uses vague imagery to help define mental process of existence.

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"The poems of Ezra Tompkins and Matthew Acahti are stylistically crafted with a focus on imagery. This analysis will explore some of the similarities and differences in Tompkins' 'Story of My Life' and 'Skaters' with Acahti's 'Suggestions for Stabilizing' and 'What is it that Compels? Perhaps the biggest similarity in the works of Tompkins and Acahti are the way that each poet uses vague imagery to help define mental process of existence. We can see that this is particularly true in the stylized nature of ...

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