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Literature resource center
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-7019." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
America, America - Saadi Youssef -- An attempt at jealousy - Marina Tsvetaeva -- Babii Yar - Yevgeny Yevtushenko -- Diving into the wreck - Adrienne Rich -- From the rising of the sun - Czeslaw Milosz -- Heart's needle - W. D. Snodgrass -- Homage to my hips - Lucille Clifton -- Howl - Allen Ginsberg -- Love calls us to the things of this world - Richard Wilbur -- Native guard - Natasha Trethewey -- The night piece: to Julia - Robert Herrick -- On being brought from Africa to America - Phillis Wheatley -- Pantoun for Chinese women - Shirley Geok-lin Lim -- Poem in which my legs are accepted - Kathleen Fraser -- St. Roach - Muriel Rukeyser -- When we two parted - Lord George Gordon Byron. |
| Access |
Access limited to licensed institutions. |
| Summary |
Provides analysis of the most frequently studied poems in literature courses. Each entry contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. |
| Original Version |
Original: xxi, 371 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm. |
| Subject |
Yusuf, Sadi. America, America.
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TSvetaeva, Marina, 1892-1941. Attempt at jealousy.
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Yevtushenko, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich, 1933- Babii IAr.
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Rich, Adrienne Cecile. Diving into the wreck.
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Milosz, Czeslaw. From the rising of the sun.
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Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009 Heart's needle.
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Clifton, Lucille, 1936- Homage to my hips.
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Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. Howl.
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Wilbur, Richard, 1921-2017 Love calls us to the things of this world.
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Trethewey, Natasha D., 1966- Native guard.
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Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674. Night piece: to Julia.
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Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784. On being brought from Africa to America.
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Lim, Shirley. Pantoun for Chinese women.
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Fraser, Kathleen, 1935- Poem in which my legs are accepted.
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Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980. St. Roach.
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Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824. When we two parted.
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Poetry -- Study and teaching.
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Poetry -- History and criticism.
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Poetry, Modern -- 19th century.
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Poetry, Modern -- 20th century.
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Poetry, Modern -- 21st century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Milne, Ira Mark.
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| ISBN |
9780787698935 |
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