Poetry for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry / Volume 4 : Mary K. Ruby, editor ; foreword by David Kelly. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 305 pages) : illustrations, photographs. - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1094-7019."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Ah, are you digging on my grave? / Thomas Hardy -- As I walked out one evening / W. H. Auden -- Concord hymn / Ralph Waldo Emerson -- The death of the hired man / Robert Frost -- Hawk roosting / Ted Hughes -- The highwayman / Alfred Noyes -- Hunger in New York City / Simon Ortiz -- Oysters / Anne Sexton -- Psalm 23 / in King James Bible -- Richard Cory / E. A. Robinson -- The rime of the ancient mariner / Samuel Taylor Coleridge -- Shine, perishing republic / Robinson Jeffers -- Sir Patrick Spens / Anonymous -- Sonnet 30 / William Shakespeare -- Strong men, riding horses / Gwendolyn Brooks -- Tears, idle tears / Alfred, Lord Tennyson -- This is my letter to the world / Emily Dickinson -- Toads / Philip Larkin -- The tropics in New York / Claude McKay -- When I was one-and-twenty / A. E. Housman.

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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Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Ah, are you digging on my grave.
Auden, W. H. 1907-1973. As I walked out one evening.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. Concord hymn.
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Death of the hired man.
Hughes, Ted, 1930-1998. Hawk roosting.
Noyes, Alfred, 1880-1958. Highwayman.
Ortiz, Simon J., 1941- Hunger in New York City.
Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974. Oysters.
Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 1869-1935. Richard Cory.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834. Rime of the ancient mariner.
Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962. Shine, perishing republic.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. No. 30. Sonnets.
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000. Strong men, riding horses.
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892. Tears, idle tears.
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. This is my letter to the world.
Larkin, Philip. Toads.
McKay, Claude, 1890-1948. Tropics in New York.
Housman, A. E. 1859-1936. When I was one-and-twenty.


Bible.--O.T.--Psalms XXIII.
Sir Patrick Spens.


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

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