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Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie

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I started this without any planning; saw a redlink and wanted to fix it.

Even though the article is a bit sparse, I think I have extracted just about as much information as I can from a Google Books search. Any comments on what should be improved are greatly appreciated.

I know this is a rather general request, but be picky :)

Thanks, —fetch·comms 00:11, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Comments by Jappalang

• "'Fore" or "'fore"?

  Composition titles do not make mention of shortened forms and the book puts it as the lowercase form.

Overall, I think not much can be faulted of this as a short article. However, it does seem a bit short and cursory of information. Do any of the reliable sources delve further into the poems? What I suggest is putting extracts of her poem (the part that surrounds a portion critically analysed by a source) into quote boxes, then placing it next to a paragraph that "chronicles" the analysis. This does two things: giving the readers a first hand experience of the work (albeit in extracts), thus perking their interest, and expanding the comprehensiveness of the article. Jappalang (talk) 10:17, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

• The title is listed with both capital F and lowercase f in the sources. The NYT uses F, People uses f, some of the books use f and others use F; one even seems to use both in separate sections. However, the cover uses lowercase. I've moved it to the lowercase f.
• No, I don't have access to any sources that go more in-depth, although a Google Books search brought up one or two promising possibilities, with no preview. I also checked the NYT archives and JSTOR; none had more than what has already been mentioned in the article. I can put excerpts up, but there's just not enough of the criticism to make that worthwhile. —fetch·comms 22:30, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

• Yeah, substantial critical content is needed to support fair use of the extracts. Pity. However, if you do come into such sources, that would be great. Best of luck! Jappalang (talk) 22:22, 30 August 2010 (UTC)