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Strangers in "The Angels," "Driving to Ottawa," and "Wade in the Water"

Many of the interactions with these characters are viewed as positive and hopeful experiences.

God in "Hill Country"

This character is shown as a man driving through the wilderness. Although usually associated with unlimited power, in Smith’s poem, the power and awe is given to the landscape surrounding this character.

The United States

Through personification, an entity is given a voice. Two of the poems in the collection speak in the voice of this character, although from opposite perspectives.

Mary Jones and Her Slaves

The poems “The Greatest Personal Privation” and “Unwritten” are based on nineteenth-century letters regarding these characters.

Individual speakers in “I Will Tell You the Truth about This, I Will Tell You All about It”

In a found poem “I Will Tell You the Truth about This, I Will Tell You All about...

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