The repeated line is done to give hope to Carl or whomever is reading it. 'I am with you in Rockland' is the literal indicator that he is not alone in his pain.

A possible reference to Henry Adams' claims that America's puritan ways have denied the mysticism of religion.

The first part is like the longest run-on sentence, that doesn't stop until the period indicates the end of their lives.Ginsberg throws away form and the rules of grammar with this sentence.

Ginsberg reveals Moloch's name as the mind. The norms are ingrained in the mind of a society. In a sense saying Moloch controls the minds of many to conform to the state's agendas?

A reference to a changing time they must keep up with and a past they can't seem to let go.

It seems as though many of the 'great minds' Ginsberg refers too fought in WW ll. A connection to Hemingway's literary works about war and the effects it has on people's psyche.

Brown compares hell to Harlem. The struggle to survive is almost hell like. There is a lack of humanity in both places.

A lot of references to 'they', could suggest the notion of Us vs Them? The 'they' cursed 'you' into being less than. The poem builds up anger.

Brown is referring to the reader as though it happened to them personally. Possibly trying to make the connection with the reader?

This sounds like treason? but with a sense of hope that America will change. It is both home and hell?

Interesting to see many of the writers use mountains as metaphors. The "waters rushing down" reminds me of Eliot and the cleansing the water provides.

This is one of the first times I see Hughes use the pattern of rhyme in his works.

He speaks about how deep his origins go – from Africa to America?

A solution offered by Locke? Though it seems obvious..

Locke follows Hughes views on how African-Americans perceive themselves. This perception is holding them back from achieving more.

It's interesting how he mentions Chesnutt who was 'passing' but identified as African-American.

It's almost like Hughes is pointing out a phycological problem in black middle class homes. Maybe they lost their black identity?

It's interesting that Hughes follows Eliot's pattern of using the metaphor of the mountain as an obstacle in life.

The first time the South is mentioned in the poem. It seems like this poem is for all the Southern born people? A reminder of the grit they are born and raised with?

This verse is a repeated reminder of the struggle of being Black in America. It might also represent the lack of hope for America's claimed virtues?

Gold paints a dark picture of the Communist Party in the beginning of the poem. He also shares their unity, it reflects the title, "Worker Correspondence".

The repetition of this verse seems like praise of Lenin.

Like Eliot Rolfe sees the remnants of the great depression around the country as scattered images. They both reveal the pieces left behind buy an economic destruction and war.

Water is now a salvation instead of death, in the last part. The water might symbolize hope?

Could Eliot be describing the road of life? The mountains could be the obstacles we must face are mountainous.

Eliot has brought existentialism into this story. He now starts speaking to the reader directly. Almost cautioning us that we will soon meet a similar fate.

Phlebas died in the water. Eliot sheds light on his earthly desires and how they are insignificant now that he is dead.

Eliot could be talking about pleasant times in the past before the war.

This could be Elizabeth speaking. She speaks of her heart being under her feet as though it was stepped on or underground. After they had sex, he talks about a new start. And she doesn't know what he means by a new start.

Now the narrator is using French words to describe the after math of the war. The war touched many people and the narrator is emphasizing their voices.

It's interesting that Eliot decided to use a latin word for ceiling. It might be a status symbol?

The narrator is possibly wondering what good can come from the destruction of war. He wonders what 'roots' are left to grow from a desolate area.

The narrator code switches to German during the first section. He might be talking to a German soldier after the war? Yet they are still making a connection even after he fought against the Germans.

Stein uses one word stanzas in this poem. It reads quickly but it's vague and hard to put together.

There's a lot of mention of Eggs in this poem. I'm not sure if it's the subject?

Williams uses imagery in his writing. This poem describes the action clearly.

Williams might be describing America as a desolate girl. The pattern of isolation in this poem is recurring.

Prolix? Means using or containing too many words

Pound follows the theme of hauntings in this two sentence poem.

Millay speaks of a lonely death in this poem. Possibly going back to the love theme and the lack of love for the deceased. She writes the consequences have not having love in life.

This is the first literature we come across that has a theme revolving around love.

Frost describes the dark design of nature. He believes nature was created by evil forces. A force that has been disputed in religious aspects. Such as everything on earth is good, he refutes it with darkness.

Frost follows the same pattern as Masters when he speaks about the neighbor who is stuck in a time past. He has a belief that walls are order and the narrator thinks differently and wishes to change his old ways of living.

This style is more casual than the other poems. It's easily understood. Some lines he starts with verbs, it's action oriented.

Like Robinson, Masters talks about times that have past. The avoidance of understanding what you do not know, keeps people stuck in one time.

Robinson explores times past a lot in his writing. He also moves to a seven-stanza pattern.

This phrase goes back to the haunting theme we've been reading. Robinson talks of a lost time that can feel like a generational haunting.

The narrator has been forced into captivity by her husband that she starts to empathize with the woman in the wallpaper. She feels her captivity and is determined to help her escape. The wallpaper has affected her mind to the point delusion.

The narrators consciousness has finally been freed from the captivity she was in. She slips through stages of consciousness throughout the story until she has reached an unhinged stage from her isolation.

The notion that she is a hysterical woman is a testament to the time period the narrator is living in. Women are viewed as emotional and unstable. She is treated through stereotypical lenses of her husband, a doctor, who believes he knows best.

Du Bois compares his race as a "seventh son", there is something special about the order of decent. The religious repetition continues in his explaining. He believes he and everyone alike were born with "second-sight", they see the way the world sees them. To him there is an unspoken awareness in this sight.

The religious pattern continues in Du Bois word choice. When he questions God's creation of him and the struggle it brings.

Du Bois mentions revelations when he was a child. His revelation gave him the wisdom to notice a harsh reality, he was different.

Adams could be mentioning the Puritan views of early America. The sinful connotations of sex kept America from embracing it. Although he mentions Whitman who used the power of sex in his writing.

The pattern that modern men have left religion behind continues. Adams notices the end of an era after it was deemed medieval.

Adams brings back the sequence of divine force that compares to the Virgin. Modern men don't worship the Virgin anymore.