Date of Award
5-2022
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Honors Thesis
Department
English
First Advisor
Alessandra Lynch
Abstract
In many ways, this thesis examines the eternal, repetitive inevitabilities of life. In a collection of poems, these inevitabilities are examined through the eyes of an observant and omniscient narrator: a girl, long in love with a boy, facing the struggles and rewards of learning to be alone in various ways after the 2020 pandemic. Because this thesis provides an examination of struggles and self-healing alongside its creative centerpiece of the collection, the poems are accompanied by a compilation of memoiristic reflections. This thesis contributes to conversations of mental health, love, growth, and finding legitimacy and value in creative work, and it communicates universal emotions and struggles through a unique perspective.
Recommended Citation
Calabria, Grace Anne, "What We Need: A Poetic Study in Struggle and Self-Healing" (2022). Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection. 632.
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/ugtheses/632