| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 296 pages) : illustrations, photos. |
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Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-7019." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Beware: do not read this poem / Ishmael Reed -- Brazil, January 1, 1502 / Elizabeth Bishop -- Come with me / Robert Bly -- Cool tombs / Carl Sandburg -- A far cry from Africa / Derek Walcott -- The heaven of animals / James Dickey -- Helen / H. D. -- Lord Randal / Anonymous -- "More light! More light!" / Anthony Hecht -- Onomatopoeia / Eve Merriam -- Piano / D. H. Lawrence -- The Quaker graveyard in Nantucket / Robert Lowell -- Queen-Ann's-lace / William Carlos Williams -- Theme for English B / Langston Hughes -- There's a certain slant of light / Emily Dickinson -- To my dear and loving husband / Anne Bradstreet -- We real cool / Gwendolyn Brooks -- The wood-pile / Robert Frost. |
| 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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Reed, Ishmael, 1938- Beware do not read this poem.
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Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979. Brazil, January 1, 1502.
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Bly, Robert. Come with me.
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Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. Cool tombs.
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Walcott, Derek. Far cry from Africa.
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Dickey, James. Heaven of animals.
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H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961. Helen.
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Hecht, Anthony, 1923-2004. More light! More light!
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Merriam, Eve, 1916-1992. Onomatopoeia.
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Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930. Piano.
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Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977. Quaker graveyard in Nantucket.
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Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963. Queen-Ann's-lace.
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Theme for English B.
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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. There's a certain slant of light.
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Bradstreet, Anne, 1612?-1672. To my dear and loving husband.
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Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000. We real cool.
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Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Wood-pile.
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Lord Randal.
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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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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Poetry for students, Volume 6. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, c1999 9780787635671 |
| ISBN |
9781414428512 (electronic book) |
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1414428510 (electronic book) |
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9780787635671 |
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0787635677 |
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