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"ISSN 1094-7019." |
Contents |
Ars poetica - Archibald MacLeish -- Ballad of Birmingham - Dudley Randall -- Birch canoe - Carter Revard -- Cargoes - John Masefield -- Casey at the bat - Ernest Lawrence Thayer -- Digging - Seamus Heaney -- Easter 1916 - W. B. Yeats -- Facing it - Yusef Komunyakaa -- The gold lily - Louise Gluck -- I heard a fly buzz-when I died- Emily Dickinson -- In Flanders field - John McCrae -- Kubla Khan - Samuel Taylor Coleridge -- Lament for the Dorsets - Al Purdy -- Leviathan - W. S. Merwin -- Lost sister - Cathy Song -- Mending wall - Robert Frost -- Sonnet 55 - William Shakespeare -- A supermarket in California - Allen Ginsberg -- To his coy mistress - Andrew Marvell. |
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Summary |
Provides analysis of the most frequently studied poems in literature courses. Contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. |
Original Version |
Original: xxii, 318 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm. |
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MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982. Ars poetica.
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Randall, Dudley, 1914-2000 Ballad of Birmingham.
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Revard, Carter. Birch canoe.
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Masefield, John, 1878-1967. Cargoes.
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Thayer, Ernest Lawrence, 1863-1940. Casey at the bat.
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Heaney, Seamus, 1939- Digging.
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Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939. Easter 1916.
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Komunyakaa, Yusef. Facing it.
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Gluck, Louise, 1943- Gold lily.
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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. I heard a fly buzz-when I died.
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McCrae, John, 1872-1918. In Flanders fields.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834. Kubla Khan.
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Purdy, Al, 1918-2000. Lament for the Dorsets.
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Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-2019 Leviathan.
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Song, Cathy, 1955- Lost sister.
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Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Mending wall.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Sonnets. No. 55.
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Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. Supermarket in California.
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Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678. To his coy mistress.
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Poetry -- Study and teaching.
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Poetry -- History and criticism.
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Poetry, Modern -- 20th century.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Ruby, Mary K.
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ISBN |
9780787635664 |
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0787635669 |
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