| Series |
Gale virtual reference library
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-7019." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Any human to another - Countee Cullen -- A pied - Colleen McElroy -- Auto wreck - Karl Shapiro -- The bells - Edgar Allan Poe -- Chicago - Carl Sandburg -- The courage that my mother had - Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Fern Hill - Dylan Thomas -- High windows - Philip Larkin -- Hope is the thing with feathers - Emily Dickinson -- Hurt hawks - Robinson Jeffers -- I hear America singing - Walt Whitman -- The man he killed - Thomas Hardy -- Mother to son - Langston Hughes -- My papa's waltz - Theodore Roethke -- Nothing gold can stay - Robert Frost -- Not waving but drowning - Stevie Smith -- Ode to a nightingale - John Keats -- old age sticks - e.e. cummings -- [On his blindness] sonnet 16 - John Milton -- On the pulse of morning - Maya Angelou -- Sonnet 116 - William Shakespeare -- The unknown citizen - W. H. Auden. |
| Summary |
Provides analysis of the most frequently studied poems in literature courses. Each entry contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi : Gale. Available via World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Original: xxii, 337 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: Internet. |
| Subject |
Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946. Any human to another.
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McElroy, Colleen J. Pied.
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Shapiro, Karl Jay, 1913-2000. Auto wreck.
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Bells.
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Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. Chicago.
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Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950. Courage that my mother had.
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Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953. Fern Hill.
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Larkin, Philip. High windows.
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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. Hope is the thing with feathers.
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Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962. Hurt hawks.
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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. I hear America singing.
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Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Man he killed.
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Mother to son.
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Roethke, Theodore, 1908-1963. My papa's waltz.
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Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Nothing gold can stay.
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Smith, Stevie, 1902-1971. Not waving but drowning.
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Keats, John, 1795-1821. Ode to a nightingale.
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Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Old age sticks.
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Milton, John, 1608-1674. Sonnet 16.
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Angelou, Maya. On the pulse of morning.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Sonnets. No. 116.
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Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. Unknown citizen.
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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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Ebook reference.
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| Added Author |
Napierkowski, Marie Rose, editor.
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Ruby, Mary K., editor.
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Gale Group.
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| ISBN |
9781414428482 (electronic book) |
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1414428480 (electronic book) |
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9780787627249 |
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0787627240 |
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