American poetry Influence History and criticism 23 History 7 Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) 5 African American authors 4 Criticism and interpretation 4 English poetry 4 African American poets 2 African Americans 2 Appreciation 2 Civil rights movements 2 Friends and associates 2 Hip-hop 2 Italian influences 2 Knowledge 2 Modernism (Literature) 2 Poets, American 2 Political poetry, American 2 Women authors 2 Authors and readers 1 Capitalism and literature 1 Causes 1 Classical influences 1 Classical literature 1 Democracy in literature 1 Depressions 1 Difference (Philosophy) in literature 1 Digression (Rhetoric) in literature 1 Ecology in literature 1