Characters from The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Richard Hugo - This person is the writer of The Triggering Town.

Theodore Roethke - According to the author, this person is one of the best poetry teachers to ever exist, having taught the author at the University of Washington during the year of 1947.

Belle McKensie - This person is the author's creative writing teacher in high school.

William Butler Yeats - This person is an Irish poet who points out that someone's most important arguments are with themselves.

W.H. Auden - This person is an Anglo-American poet whom the author indicates...
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