Abstract
This paper explains how, through clever juxtaposition and contrast, Dickey emphasizes the youth and energy of the two main characters. The junkyard setting not only contributes to the other-worldly aura of the poem by setting it far apart from day-to-day life, but also shows the pain of aging when juxtaposed so roughly with the youth of the two main characters.

From the Paper
""Cherrylog Road" by James Dickey is a poem that delivers more than just its combination of components. Just like entering a room that gives off a certain aura or vibe so does the poem "Cherrylog Road" creates its own unique world that stretches farther than its blend of ingredients.
These ingredients are simple. The setting: a Southern junkyard full of overgrown, deteriorating cars. The characters and era: a young boy and girl trysting in a junkyard, sometime in the 1930's or 40's. So the setting, the characters, and the time are relatively unambiguous. But the world created in "Cherrylog Road" is not."

Tags:character, contrast

Abstract
This paper explores the concept that love as portrayed in literature may affect one's personal expectations of romance. The paper analyzes an article by Robert J. Sternberg, who suggests that individuals can write their own love stories. Additionally, he cites the impact of childhood stories of love on adults' expectations. Sternber's article cites three literary works--a poem by James Dickey entitled "Cherrylog Road," a short story by Susan Glaspell entitled, "A Jury of Her Peers", and the famous play by Oscar Wilde, "The Importance of Being Earnest." In each of these works an important message about love is conveyed.

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"Within literature there are countless replayed stories of romantic or sometimes not so romantic love. The stories we see in our heads, as children that dictate our expectations of the future are according to Sternberg reflective of how our lives, and more specifically our love lives will eventually be played out. Literature is a reflection of the stories we know of love, the good the bad and the indifferent, through the eyes of the writer and through the memories of the reader. "At some level, lay people recognize what many psychologists don't: that the love between two people follows a story. If we want to understand love, we have to understand the stories that dictate our beliefs and expectations of love." (Sternberg 52)"

Tags:James, Dickey, Cherrylog, Road, Susan, Glaspell, A, Jury, of, Her, Peers, Oscar, Wilde, The, Importance, of, Being