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The article offers poetry criticism of the poem "Onion Skin" by Robert Lowell' which was first published in "Notebook 1967-68" in which the material qualities of the paper Lowell was using to draft it, his sensory experience of the typed text and the multiple versions of the poem became a subject of his poetic inquiry.

The article offers poetry criticism of the poem "The Bridge" by Hart Crane. Topics discussed include codification of the Algonquin "princess" Pocahontas as the mythical mother of the U.S.; Pocahontas's conversion to Christianity and marriage to Rolfe; and difference between Pocahontas and the rest of her people.

The article offers poetry criticism of the poem "Upon Appleton House, To My Lord Fairfax" by Andrew Marvell. It explores how language can operate to produce patriarchal power, as they interweave constructions of gender with representations of the natural world. It also outlines continuation of the Fairfax line through the marriage of Mary Fairfax.

The article offers poetry criticism of the poem "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" by Thomas Gray. Topics discussed include lamenting for the lost childhood from the perspective of author's adult self, different modes of constituting history such as natural laws and empirical inquiry, and troubling the exemplar model as an adequate mode of representing subjectivity.

The article offers criticism on the 15th-century riddle poem "I have a 3ong suster," written by an anonymous author. Topics examined include the definition of the word suster, which is believed to mean "beloved" or "sweetheart," possible sexual interpretations of the work and insights on the poem's exploration of identity.

The article presents criticism on the poem "La Male Regle," by Thomas Hoccleve. Particular focus is given to how Hoccleve's work examined identity, maintaining relationships and social acceptance. Additional topics discussed include Additional topics discussed include insights on the poem's speaker, how the poem examines good health, and rule breaking and law.

The article analyzes the poem "The New Arcadia" by Agnes Mary Frances Robinson. Particular focus is given to the roles of aestheticism and social realism in the poem. Other topics include empathy, equality, democracy and the relationship between form and function in the poem. Robinson's relationship with writer Vernon Lee is also discussed.

The article analyzes the poems "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats and "The Phoenix and Turtle" by William Shakespeare. According to the author, Keats used Shakespeare's poem as a source and model. Particular focus is given to representations of truth and beauty in both poems. Other topics include sexual love, intertextuality, and allegory.