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Currently, Dove works as a professor at the Universities of Virginia. Her most recent book of poems Collected Poems: 1974-2004, was released in 2016. Some of her own most famous works from this decade include American Smooth and The Poet’s World.Īs of the 2010’s, Rita Dove continues to write poetry and take on the occasional editorial project. One of the books she worked on with this company was the Penguin Anthology of 20th Century American Poetry. She worked with the Penguin book company around 2000 and continued to work with them in the 2010’s. Some of her most famous works from this decade include Through the Ivory Gate, The Poet’s World, The Darker Face of the World.Īround the turn of the century, Rita Dove also began working as an editor. She continued to write poetry and prose while serving in this post.

Earning his post was especially impressive for Doe because she was the first African American woman, and the youngest overall person, to serve in this position. In 1993, she took on the post of US Poet Laureate. Some of her most famous books from the 1980’s include The Yellow House on the Corner, Museum, Thomas, and Beulah, and Grace Notes. Also around this time, she began publishing books. She eventually landed at the University of Virginia, around the 1980’s. This poem is one of the best in literature because of Ritas usage of tone, diction, and imagry in that poem.

#CHOCOLATE RITA DOVE FULL#

It is an extremley short poem but full of elements to eplain it and describe it. Shortly after graduating from college, Rita Dove took on a career as a professor. Chocolate Rita Doves poem 'Chocolate' has many different kind of literary elements in it. This started off her professional career as a writer. Rita Dove published her first book of poetry, Ten Poems, in 1977.

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