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...language, “Nick was the name Nick gave when the name Nick / gave was a variable assignment for Nick.” The diversity of reference is matched by a delightful variety of diction. The poem’s narrator babbles out initial exposition in a long stanza, then pauses, takes a breath, and recaps in a single line: “There is a note in my pocket.” In this and other poems, Robinson’s syntax is the best part of her style. The pacing of her language is exquisite. Lines that...
...mean, there is always a slow-dance pleasure from blatantly sexual slow-jamz like “In the Kitchen.” There is something remotely Shakespearean in the stanza: “Girl-I’m-Ready-To-Toss-Your-Salad/While I’m makin’ love, I’ll be feastin’/Girl you in the kitchen/Sweatin’ up a storm.” Even the chorus is sure to inspire many frenzied thoughts of adult life in boys’ and girls’ minds as they stare...
...Crimson built a hard-fought 3-0 lead in the opener, but let the margin slip away down the stretch and eventually fell by one in the first extra stanza on a controversial call...
Harvard got another tally in the next stanza thanks to the fleet feet of senior Lauren Stefanchik. Stefanchik put down a perfect bunt for a one-out hit, then stole second and moved to third on a groundout. Sophomore Julia Kidder knocked in Stefanchik with a clutch two-out single...
...Bruton—the hard-luck recipient of a no decision despite five dazzling innings of three-hit, seven-strike-out ball—set the tone early, settling down after a walk to lead off the first and puzzling Holy Cross’ lineup well into his final stanza...