Black Apples
poems
by Lyn Lifshin
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The apple is a pervasive and mutable symbol throughout this collection. What different meanings or associations do you find Lifshin imbuing the apple with, and how does its presence shape your understanding of the poems?
- 2
Lifshin's poetic voice often feels intensely intimate and confessional. How does she achieve this sense of closeness with the reader, and what aspects of the speaker's inner world did you find most resonant or surprising?
- 3
Many poems touch on themes of memory, aging, and the passage of time, often reflected through domestic objects or natural decay. How do these poems make you reflect on your own relationship with memory or the impermanence of things in your life?
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