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1 online resource (xxi, 330 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 |
All I was doing was breathing / Mirabai -- Always / Guillaume Apollinaire -- At the cancer clinic / Ted Kooser -- The Chambered Nautilus / Oliver Wendell Holmes -- For the sake of strangers / Dorianne Laux -- Kindness / Naomi Shihab Nye -- The litany / Dana Gioia -- Monologue for an onion / Sue (Suji) Kwock Kim -- Not like a cypress / Yehuda Amichai -- One is one / Marie Ponsot -- Our side / Carol Muske-Dukes -- A poison tree / William Blake -- Portrait of a couple at century's end / Sherod Santos -- The room / Conrad Aiken -- Seeing you / Jean Valentine -- Three to's and an oi / Heather McHugh. |
| 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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Mirabai, fl.1516-1546. All I was doing was breathing.
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Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918. Always.
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Kooser, Ted. At the cancer clinic.
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894. Chambered Nautilus.
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Laux, Dorianne. For the sake of strangers.
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Nye, Naomi Shihab. Kindness.
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Gioia, Dana. Litany.
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Kim, Suji Kwock, 1968- Monologue for an onion.
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Amichai, Yehuda. Not like a cypress.
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Ponsot, Marie. One is one.
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Muske-Dukes, Carol, 1945- Our side.
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Blake, William, 1757-1827. Poison tree.
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Santos, Sherod, 1948- Portrait of a couple at century's end.
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Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973. Room.
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Valentine, Jean. Seeing you.
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McHugh, Heather, 1948- Three to's and an oi.
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Poetry -- Study and teaching.
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Poetry -- History and criticism.
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Poetry, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Hacht, Anne Marie, editor.
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Milne, Ira Mark, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Poetry for students, Volume 24. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2006 9780787669638 |
| ISBN |
9781414410555 (electronic book) |
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1414410557 (electronic book) |
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9780787669638 |
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0787669636 |
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