Poetry for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry / Volume 9 :

Poetry for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry / Volume 9 : Ira Mark Milne, editor ; foreword by David Kelly. - 1 online resource (xxii, 293 pages) : illustrations, photographs. - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1094-7019."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Anasazi / Gary Snyder -- Annabel Lee / Edgar Allan Poe -- Barbie doll / Marge Piercy -- Bright star! Would I were steadfast as thou art / John Keats -- Eating poetry / Mark Strand -- Elegy written in a country churchyard / Thomas Gray -- The exhibit / Lisel Mueller -- For an Assyrian frieze / Peter Viereck -- Four mountain wolves / Leslie Marmon Silko -- In memory of radio / Amiri Baraka -- The missing / Thom Gunn -- Old Ironsides / Oliver Wendell Holmes -- Psalm 8 / King James Bible -- Reactionary essay on applied science / Phyllis McGinley -- Sonnet 19 / William Shakespeare -- Saint Francis and the sow / Galway Kinnell -- "Trouble with math in a one-room country school" / Jane Kenyon -- War is kind / Stephen Crane.

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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Snyder, Gary, 1930- Anasazi.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Annabel Lee.
Piercy, Marge. Barbie doll.
Keats, John, 1795-1821. Bright star! Would I were steadfast as thou art.
Strand, Mark, 1934- Eating poetry.
Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771. Elegy written in a country churchyard.
Mueller, Lisel. Exhibit.
Viereck, Peter, 1916-2006. For an Assyrian frieze.
Silko, Leslie, 1948- Four mountain wolves.
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014. In memory of radio.
Gunn, Thom. Missing.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894. Old Ironsides.
McGinley, Phyllis, 1905-1978. Reactionary essay on applied science.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. No. 19. Sonnets.
Kinnell, Galway, 1927-2014. Saint Francis and the sow.
Kenyon, Jane. Trouble with math in a one-room country school.
Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900. War is kind.


Bible.--O.T.--Psalms VIII.


Poetry--Study and teaching.
Poetry--History and criticism.
Poetry, Modern--20th century.

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