Poetry for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry / Volume 11 :
Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by David Kelly.
- 1 online resource (xx, 284 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-7019."
Includes bibliographies and index.
Beowulf / Richard Wilbur -- Chocolates / Louis Simpson -- The eagle / Alfred, Lord Tennyson -- Go down, Moses / Anonymous -- The hospital window / James Dickey -- Island of the three Marias / Alberto Rios -- Jabberwocky / Lewis Carroll -- The milkfish gatherers / James Fenton -- A narrow fellow in the grass / Emily Dickinson -- Overture to a dance of locomotives / William Carlos Williams -- Paradoxes and oxymorons / John Ashbery -- To a child running with outstretched arms in Canyon de Chelly / N. Scott Momaday -- Tonight I can write / Pablo Neruda -- A valediction: forbidding mourning / John Donne -- The war against the trees / Stanley Kunitz -- The weight of sweetness / Li-Young Lee.
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.
9781414428567
Wilbur, Richard, 1921- Beowulf. Simpson, Louis, 1923-2012. Chocolates. Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892. Eagle. Dickey, James. Hospital window. Rios, Alberto. Island of the three Marias. Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Jabberwocky. Fenton, James, 1949- Milkfish gatherers. Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. Narrow fellow in the grass. Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963. Overture to a dance of locomotives. Ashbery, John, 1927- Paradoxes and oxymorons. Momaday, N. Scott, 1934- To a child running with outstretched arms in Canyon de Chelly. Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973. Tonight I can write. Donne, John, 1572-1631. Valediction forbidding mourning. Kunitz, Stanley, 1905-2006. War against the trees. Lee, Li-Young, 1957- Weight of sweetness.
Go down Moses.
Poetry--Study and teaching. Poetry--History and criticism. Poetry, Modern--20th century.