| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 293 pages) : illustrations, photos. |
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Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-7019." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Anasazi / Gary Snyder -- Annabel Lee / Edgar Allan Poe -- Barbie doll / Marge Piercy -- Bright star! Would I were steadfast as thou art / John Keats -- Eating poetry / Mark Strand -- Elegy written in a country churchyard / Thomas Gray -- The exhibit / Lisel Mueller -- For an Assyrian frieze / Peter Viereck -- Four mountain wolves / Leslie Marmon Silko -- In memory of radio / Amiri Baraka -- The missing / Thom Gunn -- Old Ironsides / Oliver Wendell Holmes -- Psalm 8 / King James Bible -- Reactionary essay on applied science / Phyllis McGinley -- Sonnet 19 / William Shakespeare -- Saint Francis and the sow / Galway Kinnell -- "Trouble with math in a one-room country school" / Jane Kenyon -- War is kind / Stephen Crane. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Snyder, Gary, 1930- Anasazi.
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Annabel Lee.
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Piercy, Marge. Barbie doll.
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Keats, John, 1795-1821. Bright star! Would I were steadfast as thou art.
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Strand, Mark, 1934- Eating poetry.
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Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771. Elegy written in a country churchyard.
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Mueller, Lisel. Exhibit.
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Viereck, Peter, 1916-2006. For an Assyrian frieze.
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Silko, Leslie, 1948- Four mountain wolves.
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Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014. In memory of radio.
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Gunn, Thom. Missing.
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894. Old Ironsides.
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McGinley, Phyllis, 1905-1978. Reactionary essay on applied science.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Sonnets. No. 19.
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Kinnell, Galway, 1927-2014. Saint Francis and the sow.
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Kenyon, Jane. Trouble with math in a one-room country school.
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Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900. War is kind.
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Bible. O.T. Psalms VIII.
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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 |
Milne, Ira Mark, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Poetry for students, Volume 9. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, c2000 9780787635701 |
| ISBN |
9781414428543 (electronic book) |
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1414428545 (electronic book) |
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9780787635701 |
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0787635707 |
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