The arsenal at Springfield / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- La belle dame sans merci / John Keats -- The blue rim of memory / Denise Levertov -- The cobweb / Raymond Carver -- Driving to town late to mail a letter / Robert Bly -- Early in the morning / Li-Young Lee -- For Jennifer, 6, on the Teton / Richard Hugo -- Having it out with melancholy / Jane Kenyon -- I go back to May 1937 / Sharon Olds -- Knoxville, Tennessee / Nikki Giovanni -- Mind / Jorie Graham -- On his having arrived at the age of twenty-three / John Milton -- Poetry / Marianne Moore -- The Rhodora / Ralph Waldo Emerson -- The singer's house / Seamus Heaney -- Wild swans / Edna St. Vincent Millay.
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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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. Arsenal at Springfield. Keats, John, 1795-1821. Belle dame sans merci. Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997. Blue rim of memory. Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988. Cobweb. Bly, Robert. Driving to town late to mail a letter. Lee, Li-Young, 1957- Early in the morning. Hugo, Richard, 1923-1982. For Jennifer, 6, on the Teton. Kenyon, Jane. Having it out with melancholy. Olds, Sharon. I go back to May 1937. Giovanni, Nikki. Knoxville, Tennessee. Graham, Jorie, 1950- Mind. Milton, John, 1608-1674. On his having arrived at the age of twenty-three. Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972. Poetry. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. Rhodora. Heaney, Seamus, 1939- Singer's house. Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950. Wild swans.
Poetry--Study and teaching. Poetry--History and criticism. Poetry, Modern--20th century.