 Noted for verse detailing her search for tribal and personal identity, much of Rose's poetry examines the experiences of mixed-blood Native Americans estranged from both native and white societies.This stems from her own mixed heritage and search for identity.Rose herself has said, “Everything I write is fundamentally autobiographical, no mater what style or topic.” Yet unlike many current and conventional white poets, her poems go beyond self-analysis to focus on others caught between cultures like herself.