Poetry for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry / Volume 10 :
Michael L. LaBlanc, editor ; foreword by David Kelly.
- 1 online resource (xxi, 278 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-7019."
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
9781414428550
Madgett, Naomi Cornelia Long. Alabama centennial. Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980. Ballad of orange and grape. Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894. Birthday. Wright, Charles, 1935- Black zodiac. Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. Bustle in a house. Service, Robert W. 1874-1958. Cremation of Sam McGee. Tate, James, 1943- Dear reader. Dawe, Bruce, 1930- Drifters. Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918. Dulce et decorum est. Hartnett, Michael, 1941- Farewell to English. Auden, W. H. 1907-1973. Funeral blues. Graham, Jorie, 1950- Hiding place. Dugan, Alan. How we heard the name. Taylor, Henry, 1942- Landscape with tractor. Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Negro speaks of rivers. Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Out, out- Nemerov, Howard. Phoenix.
Poetry--Study and teaching. Poetry--History and criticism. Poetry, Modern--20th century.