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Gale virtual reference library
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-7019." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Anyone lived in a pretty how town - e. e. cummings -- The centaur - May Swenson -- Follower - Seamus Heaney -- Freeway 280 - Lorna Dee Cervantes -- Good night, Willie Lee, I'll see you in the morning - Alice Walker -- I, too - Langston Hughes -- A nocturnal reverie - Anne Finch -- Oranges - Gary Soto -- The peace of wild things - Wendell Berry -- Slam, dunk, & hook - Yusef Komunyakaa -- Sunstone - Octavio Paz -- The taxi - Amy Lowell -- Thanatopsis - William Cullen Bryant -- The walrus and the carpenter - Lewis Carroll -- Ye goatherd gods - Sir Philip Sidney -- Young - Anne Sexton. |
| 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: xix, 379 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm. |
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Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Anyone lived in a pretty how town.
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Swenson, May. Centaur.
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Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013. Follower.
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Cervantes, Lorna Dee. Freeway 280.
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Walker, Alice, 1944- Good night, Willie Lee, I'll see you in the morning.
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. I, too.
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Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of, 1661-1720. Nocturnal reverie.
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Soto, Gary. Oranges.
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Berry, Wendell, 1934- Peace of wild things.
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Komunyakaa, Yusef. Slam, dunk, & hook.
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Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998. Piedra de sol. English & Spanish.
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Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925. Taxi.
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Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878. Thanatopsis.
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Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Walrus and the carpenter.
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Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586. Goatherd gods.
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Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974. Young.
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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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| Added Author |
Constantakis, Sara, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| ISBN |
9781414449517 (electronic book) |
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