Poetry for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry / Volume 28 :
Ira Mark Milne, project editor.
- 1 online resource (xxi, 345 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-7019."
Includes bibliographies and index.
"Blighters" / Siegfried Sassoon -- The bronze horseman / Alexander Pushkin -- Christ climbed down / Lawrence Ferlinghetti -- Daddy / Sylvia Plath -- The drunken boat / Arthur Rimbaud -- Ego-tripping / Nikki Giovanni -- The heights of Macchu Picchu / Pablo Neruda -- How I got that name / Marilyn Chin -- I died for beauty / Emily Dickinson -- Sea rose / H.D. -- Self-portrait in a convex mirror / John Ashbery -- The tragedy of the leaves / Charles Bukowski -- The wings / Mark Doty -- The women who loved Elvis all their lives / Fleda Brown.
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.
9781414438337
Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967. "Blighters". Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837. English. Mednyi vsadnik. Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. Christ climbed down. Plath, Sylvia. Daddy. Rimbaud, Arthur, 1854-1891. English & French. Bateau ivre. Giovanni, Nikki. Ego-tripping. Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973. English. Alturas de Macchu Picchu. Chin, Marilyn. How I got that name. Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. I died for beauty. H. D. 1886-1961. Sea rose. Ashbery, John, 1927- Self-portrait in a convex mirror. Bukowski, Charles. Tragedy of the leaves. Doty, Mark. Wings. Jackson, Fleda Brown, 1944- Women who loved Elvis all their lives.
Poetry--Study and teaching. Poetry--History and criticism. Poetry, Modern--19th century. Poetry, Modern--20th century. Poetry, Modern--21st century.