Subject/Theme Index
*Boldfaced
Denotes discussion inThemes
section
Numerical
1600s
Love Calls us to the Things of This
World:162–163
The Night Piece: To Julia:
209–210
1700s
On Being Brought from Africa to
America:226–228
When We Two Parted:295,
300–302
1800s
Native Guard:182, 190–193
When We Two Parted:295,
301–302
1920s
An Attempt at Jealousy: 29
1940s
From the Rising of the Sun:
82–83
1950s
Diving into the Wreck:69–70
Heart’s Needle:99–100
homage to my hips:118, 120
Howl:131, 139–142
Love Calls us to the Things of This
World:163–164
St. Roach:286–287
1960s
Diving into the Wreck:64–66,
69–70, 72
Heart’s Needle: 99
homage to my hips:117–120
Howl:131, 140–141, 143
Poem in Which My Legs Are
Accepted:266–270
St. Roach:286–288
1970s
Diving into the Wreck:65–66, 72–73
From the Rising of the Sun: 83
homage to my hips:117–120
Poem in Which My Legs Are
Accepted:266–270
St. Roach:286–288
1980s
Pantoun for Chinese Women: 247
Poem in Which My Legs Are
Accepted:267, 270A
Abandonment
An Attempt at Jealousy: 26
African Americans
America, America: 7
homage to my hips:114–115,
117–123, 127–128
Native Guard:182, 187–192,
194–195, 199
On Being Brought from Africa to
America:221–223, 225–226,
228, 231–233
St. Roach:286–287
See also:American Civil War;
Slavery
Alienation
From the Rising of the Sun: 81
Alliteration
America, America: 7homage to my hips: 117
Love Calls us to the Things of This
World: 162
Allusions
An Attempt at Jealousy: 28
Babii Yar: 42
On Being Brought from Africa to
America:236–238
American Civil War
Native Guard:182, 190–193, 196
American Revolution
On Being Brought from Africa to
America: 229
Anaphora
America, America: 7
Howl:146–147
Anthropomorphism
St. Roach: 286
Anti-Semitism
Babii Yar:40–41
Apocalypse
From the Rising of the Sun:79,
81–82
Arabic poetry
America: America:1–2, 6–8,
13–14, 16–17
Archaic diction
St. Roach: 286
Asia
Pantoun for Chinese Women:
240–241, 244, 246–248, 253–254
St. Roach: 288
See also:Russia
Asian Americans
America, America:11–12
Pantoun for Chinese Women:
245–246, 253–254351