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Gale virtual reference library
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"ISSN 1094-7019." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Alabama centennial - Naomi Long Madgett -- Ballad of orange and grape - Muriel Rukeyser -- A birthday - Christina Rossetti -- Black zodiac - Charles Wright -- The bustle in a house - Emily Dickinson -- The cremation of Sam McGee - Robert W. Service -- Dear reader - James Tate -- Drifters - Bruce Dawe -- Dulce et decorum est - Wilfred Owen -- A farewell to English - Michael Hartnett -- Funeral blues - W. H. Auden -- The hiding place - Jorie Graham -- How we heard the name - Alan Dugan -- Landscape with tractor - Henry Taylor -- The negro speaks of rivers - Langston Hughes -- Out, out- Robert Frost -- The phoenix - Howard Nemerov. |
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. |
Original Version |
Original: xxi, 278 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm. |
Subject |
Madgett, Naomi Cornelia Long. Alabama centennial.
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Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980. Ballad of orange and grape.
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Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894. Birthday.
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Wright, Charles, 1935- Black zodiac.
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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. Bustle in a house.
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Service, Robert W. (Robert William), 1874-1958. Cremation of Sam McGee.
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Tate, James, 1943- Dear reader.
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Dawe, Bruce, 1930- Drifters.
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Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918. Dulce et decorum est.
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Hartnett, Michael, 1941- Farewell to English.
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Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. Funeral blues.
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Graham, Jorie, 1951- Hiding place.
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Dugan, Alan. How we heard the name.
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Taylor, Henry, 1942- Landscape with tractor.
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Negro speaks of rivers.
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Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Out, out-
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Nemerov, Howard. Phoenix.
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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 |
LaBlanc, Michael L., editor.
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Gale Group.
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ISBN |
9781414428550 (electronic book) |
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1414428553 (electronic book) |
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