| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 305 pages) : illustrations, photos. |
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Gale eBooks
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"ISSN 1094-7019." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ah, are you digging on my grave? / Thomas Hardy -- As I walked out one evening / W. H. Auden -- Concord hymn / Ralph Waldo Emerson -- The death of the hired man / Robert Frost -- Hawk roosting / Ted Hughes -- The highwayman / Alfred Noyes -- Hunger in New York City / Simon Ortiz -- Oysters / Anne Sexton -- Psalm 23 / in King James Bible -- Richard Cory / E. A. Robinson -- The rime of the ancient mariner / Samuel Taylor Coleridge -- Shine, perishing republic / Robinson Jeffers -- Sir Patrick Spens / Anonymous -- Sonnet 30 / William Shakespeare -- Strong men, riding horses / Gwendolyn Brooks -- Tears, idle tears / Alfred, Lord Tennyson -- This is my letter to the world / Emily Dickinson -- Toads / Philip Larkin -- The tropics in New York / Claude McKay -- When I was one-and-twenty / A. E. Housman. |
| 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. |
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Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Ah, are you digging on my grave.
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Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. As I walked out one evening.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. Concord hymn.
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Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Death of the hired man.
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Hughes, Ted, 1930-1998. Hawk roosting.
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Noyes, Alfred, 1880-1958. Highwayman.
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Ortiz, Simon J., 1941- Hunger in New York City.
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Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974. Oysters.
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Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 1869-1935. Richard Cory.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834. Rime of the ancient mariner.
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Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962. Shine, perishing republic.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Sonnets. No. 30.
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Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000. Strong men, riding horses.
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Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892. Tears, idle tears.
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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. This is my letter to the world.
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Larkin, Philip. Toads.
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McKay, Claude, 1890-1948. Tropics in New York.
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Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936. When I was one-and-twenty.
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Bible. O.T. Psalms XXIII.
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Sir Patrick Spens.
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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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| Added Author |
Ruby, Mary K., editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Poetry for students, Volume 4. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c1999 9780787627256 |
| ISBN |
9781414428499 (electronic book) |
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1414428499 (electronic book) |
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9780787627256 |
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0787627259 |
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