| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 304 pages) : illustrations, photos. |
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Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-7019." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
At the bomb testing site / William Stafford -- Autumn begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio / James Wright -- Bedtime story / George MacBeth -- Beware of ruins / A. D. Hope -- The constellation Orion / Ted Kooser -- A drink of water / Seamus Heaney -- Drought year / Judith Wright -- Ethics / Linda Pastan -- The force that through the green fuse drives the flower / Dylan Thomas -- Music lessons / Mary Oliver -- My life closed twice before its close / Emily Dickinson -- Names of horses / Donald Hall -- A red, red rose / Robert Burns -- The river-merchant's wife: a letter / Ezra Pound -- The seafarer / Anonymous -- Sonnet 29 / William Shakespeare -- Starlight / Philip Levine -- To a sad daughter / Michael Ondaatje -- Vancouver lights / Earle Birney -- Why I am not a painter / Frank O'Hara. |
| 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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Stafford, William, 1914-1993. At the bomb testing site.
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Wright, James Arlington, 1927-1980. Autumn begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio.
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MacBeth, George. Bedtime story.
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Hope, A. D. (Alec Derwent), 1907-2000. Beware of ruins.
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Kooser, Ted. Constellation Orion.
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Heaney, Seamus, 1939- Drink of water.
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Wright, Judith, 1915-2000. Drought year.
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Pastan, Linda, 1932- Ethics.
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Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953. Force that through the green fuse drives the flower.
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Oliver, Mary, 1935- Music lessons.
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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. My life closed twice before its close.
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Hall, Donald, 1928- Names of horses.
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Burns, Robert, 1759-1796. Red, red rose.
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Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972. River-merchant's wife.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Sonnets. No. 29.
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Levine, Philip, 1928- Starlight.
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Ondaatje, Michael, 1943- To a sad daughter.
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Birney, Earle, 1904-1995. Vancouver lights.
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O'Hara, Frank, 1926-1966. Why I am not a painter.
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Seafarer (Anglo-Saxon poem)
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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 |
Ruby, Mary K., 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 8. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, c2000 9780787635695 |
| ISBN |
9781414428536 (electronic book) |
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1414428537 (electronic book) |
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9780787635695 |
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0787635693 |
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