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15 cards from this deck
Tracy K. Smith
Life on Mars (2011)
Pulitzer Prize
Death of Smith's father; loss, grief, meaning after death
'Death was thinking what it owed him'
Death as transition, not ending
'Seek and ye shall find'
Death as graceful, fluid continuation
Memory & lingering presence of father
Free verse
Four stanzas of varying lengths
Conversational tone & continuous flow
Practical/domestic to philosophical/abstract
Makes death feel intimate & formidable, character-like
Continuation or transformation
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