| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 271 pages) : illustrations, photos. |
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Gale eBooks
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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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| 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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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, 1923-1997. Blue rim of memory.
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Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988. 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, 1950- 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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| Added Author |
Galens, David, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Poetry for students, Volume 17. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2003 9780787660369 |
| ISBN |
9780787694173 (electronic book) |
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0787694177 (electronic book) |
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9780787660369 |
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0787660361 |
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