| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 345 pages) : illustrations, photos. |
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Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-7019." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"Blighters" / Siegfried Sassoon -- The bronze horseman / Alexander Pushkin -- Christ climbed down / Lawrence Ferlinghetti -- Daddy / Sylvia Plath -- The drunken boat / Arthur Rimbaud -- Ego-tripping / Nikki Giovanni -- The heights of Macchu Picchu / Pablo Neruda -- How I got that name / Marilyn Chin -- I died for beauty / Emily Dickinson -- Sea rose / H.D. -- Self-portrait in a convex mirror / John Ashbery -- The tragedy of the leaves / Charles Bukowski -- The wings / Mark Doty -- The women who loved Elvis all their lives / Fleda Brown. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967. "Blighters".
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Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837. Mednyi vsadnik. English.
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Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. Christ climbed down.
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Plath, Sylvia. Daddy.
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Rimbaud, Arthur, 1854-1891. Bateau ivre. English & French.
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Giovanni, Nikki. Ego-tripping.
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Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973. Alturas de Macchu Picchu. English.
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Chin, Marilyn. How I got that name.
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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. I died for beauty.
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H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961. Sea rose.
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Ashbery, John, 1927- Self-portrait in a convex mirror.
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Bukowski, Charles. Tragedy of the leaves.
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Doty, Mark. Wings.
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Jackson, Fleda Brown, 1944- Women who loved Elvis all their lives.
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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 |
Milne, Ira Mark, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Poetry for students, Volume 28. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2008 9780787698928 |
| ISBN |
9781414438337 (electronic book) |
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9780787698928 |
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