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"ISSN 1094-7019." |
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Each entry contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. |
Contents |
The arsenal at Springfield - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- La belle dame sans merci - John Keats -- The blue rim of memory - Denise Levertov -- The cobweb - Raymond Carver -- Driving to town late to mail a letter - Robert Bly -- Early in the morning - Li-Young Lee -- For Jennifer, 6, on the Teton - Richard Hugo -- Having it out with melancholy - Jane Kenyon -- I go back to May 1937 - Sharon Olds -- Knoxville, Tennessee - Nikki Giovanni -- Mind - Jorie Graham -- On his having arrived at the age of twenty-three - John Milton -- Poetry - Marianne Moore -- The Rhodora - Ralph Waldo Emerson -- The singer's house - Seamus Heaney -- Wild swans - Edna St. Vincent Millay. |
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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: xx, 271 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm. |
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. Arsenal at Springfield.
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Keats, John, 1795-1821. Belle dame sans merci.
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Levertov, Denise, 1923- Blue rim of memory.
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Carver, Raymond. Cobweb.
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Bly, Robert. Driving to town late to mail a letter.
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Lee, Li-Young, 1957- Early in the morning.
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Hugo, Richard, 1923-1982. For Jennifer, 6, on the Teton.
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Kenyon, Jane. Having it out with melancholy.
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Olds, Sharon. I go back to May 1937.
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Giovanni, Nikki. Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Graham, Jorie, 1951- Mind.
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Milton, John, 1608-1674. On his having arrived at the age of twenty-three.
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Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972. Poetry.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. Rhodora.
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Heaney, Seamus, 1939- Singer's house.
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Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950. Wild swans.
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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 |
Galens, David.
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ISBN |
9780787660369 |
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0787660361 |
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