Cozy Apologia Flashcards
1
Q
poet
A
rita dove
2
Q
date
A
2004
3
Q
3 quotes
A
- i could choose any hero, any cause or age and, sure as shooting arrows to the heart, there you’ll be
- this post-post modern world is all business: compact disks and faxes… today a hurricane is nudging up the coast
- your’re bunkered in your Aerie, i’m perched in mine (twin desks, computers, hardwood floors)
4
Q
context
A
- Hurricane Floyd
- autobiographical poem
- affectionate tribute to her husband a fellow writer
5
Q
intro
A
- poem mediates on the difference between romance and reality
- title: poem seems to be an apology for the domestic comfort and ordinary contentment she feels
