Date of Award
Spring 5-2016
Degree Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
Committee Chair
Rebecca Morgan Frank
Committee Chair Department
English
Committee Member 2
Angela Ball
Committee Member 2 Department
English
Committee Member 3
Jameela Lares
Committee Member 3 Department
English
Abstract
This thesis comprises poems written during my two years of study for the Master of Arts Degree in English with a creative writing emphasis. The majority of the poems are written in either a received or contemporary form, although a substantial minority are written in free verse. Many of the poems deal with extreme circumstances such as combat and imprisonment. Others address family stresses due to birth, death, remarriage, and clashes of values. Some poems have a religious emphasis while others are firmly rooted in the natural world. All, however, are explorations of human nature.
ORCID ID
0000-0001-5115-4323
Copyright
2016, Jessica M. Ramer
Recommended Citation
Ramer, Jessica M., "The Scripture of Helices" (2016). Master's Theses. 169.
https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/169