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This 7 page paper gives a brief biography of physician/poet Peter Pereira and discusses his poem “Nursemaid’s Elbow.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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- explication Word "helpstress" Child as manipulative Mother as cause of injury Nursemaid as scapegoat Possibility of ongoing child abuse CONCLUSION Introduction
Poetry is possibly the most economical of all forms of literature, because its length forces the poet to choose his or her words with great care so that each one
has a maximum impact. Peter Pereiras short poem "Nursemaids Elbow" is a perfect example of the way in which poetry can make a point much more quickly than a novel
or essay. This paper gives a brief biography of Peter Pereira, how his background impacts his work, and then discusses his poem in detail. It argues that his background as
a physician gives him insight into the human condition which is reflected in his poetry. Discussion Peter Pereira is a family physician with his practice in Seattle, Washington; he is
also a "founding editor of Floating Bridge Press" ("Peter Pereira"). He received his M.D. in 1987 from the University of Washington, and "completed his residency in Family Medicine at the
University of Washington Medical Center in 1990" ("Peter Pereira"). He is a primary care physician currently practicing at the High Point Community Clinic located in West Seattle; his patients are
mostly urban and poor ("Peter Pereira"). On the literary front, he has been published in numerous magazines such as the North Dakota Quarterly and the Seattle Review; his
work also appeared in an anthology entitled To Come to Light: Perspective on Chronic Illness in Modern Literature ("Peter Pereira"). Pereira won a 1997 "Discovery/The Nation Award, and his first
chapbook, The Lost Twin, was published by Grey Spider Press in 2000" ("Peter Pereira"). Joel Weishaus reviewed Pereiras book Saying the World and uses numerous quotes from Pereiras work
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