Daystar Rita Dove Analysis

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During this week my classmates and I had to select poetry and discuss how it relates to us and the meaning of it. Some of my fellow did just that and some select a poetry that they feel that should be mentioned about. The poetry that my classmates and I chose was “Daystar” by Rita Dove. I learned from my classmates and Rita poetry that we all get caught up in our busy lives of taking care of our responsibility those we for get to take time out for ourselves. The only time that we that we do have we be at a standstill drifting away into a day bream for as long as we can to relax and have peace.

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