Man Listening To Disc By Billy Collins Analysis

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Degree of Americanness: “Man Listening to Disc” by Billy Collins

An American, if they are familiar with poetry, is familiar with the name Billy Collins. Collins served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003, and the public continues to respect his name as one of the most renowned exemplars of modern American poetry. Consequently, if given a degree of “Americanness”, Collins’ poem “Man Listening to Disc” ranks as nothing less than first-degree American, capturing within it Collins’ characteristic style of writing that Americans have loved, as well as personal and small details of the American experience. “Man Listening to Disc” describes the episode of a man making his way throughout a rather unremarkable portion of his day.

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