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Gale virtual reference library
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-7019." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Archaic torso of Apollo - Rainer Maria Rilke -- Borges and I - Jorge Luis Borges -- Conversation with a stone - Wislawa Szymborska -- Dream song 29 - John Berryman -- Goblin market - Christina Rossetti -- Iola, Kansas - Amy Clampitt -- The man-moth - Elizabeth Bishop -- My grandmother's plot in the family cemetary - Claudia Emerson -- Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley -- Requiem - Anna Akhmatova -- A satirical elegy on the death of a late famous general - Jonathan Swift -- September 1, 1939 - W.H. Auden -- Telephone conversation - Wole Soyinka - Waterfalls in a bank - A.K. Ramanujan -- Yet we insist that life is full of happy chance - Lyn Hejinian. |
| 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: xix, 379 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: Internet. |
| Subject |
Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926. Archaic torso of Apollo.
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Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986. Borges and I.
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Szymborska, Wislawa. Conversation with a stone.
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Berryman, John, 1914-1972. Dream song 29.
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Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894. Goblin market.
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Clampitt, Amy. Iola, Kansas.
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Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979. Man-moth.
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Emerson, Claudia, 1957- My grandmother's plot in the family cemetary.
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Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822. Ozymandias.
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Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966. Rekviem. English.
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Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Satirical elegy on the death of a late famous general.
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Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. September 1, 1939.
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Soyinka, Wole. Telephone conversation.
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Ramanujan, A. K., 1929-1993. Waterfalls in a bank.
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Hejinian, Lyn. Yet we insist that life is full of happy chance.
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Poetry -- Study and teaching.
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Poetry -- History and criticism.
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Poetry, Modern -- 18th century.
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Poetry, Modern -- 19th century.
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Poetry, Modern -- 20th century.
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Poetry, Modern -- 21st century.
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Ebook reference.
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| Added Author |
Milne, Ira Mark, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| ISBN |
9781414429359 (electronic book) |
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1414429355 (electronic book) |
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9780787687175 |
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0787687170 |
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