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Abstract

ABSTRACT

Title of Thesis: THE WEIGHT OF LIVING

Caroline Randall, Master of Fine Arts, 2014

Thesis directed by: Professor Elizabeth Arnold

Department of English

Creative Writing

The Weight of Living is a collection of poems arranged in pseudo-chronological order roughly determined by theme and date of composition. This collection confronts the ways memories effect and are intertwined in the present and future. The narrative is illustrated by recurring themes of family, genetics, romantic separation, and cultural gain.

THE WEIGHT OF LIVING

By

Caroline Culpepper Randall

Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the

University of Maryland, College Park in partial fulfillment

of the requirements for the degree of


Master of Fine Arts


2014

Advisory Committee:

Professor Elizabeth Arnold, chair

Professor Stanley Plumly, Director of Creative Writing

Professor Joshua Weiner