Poetry for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry / Volume 50 : Sara Constantakis, project editor. - 1 online resource (xix, 361 pages) : illustrations - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1094-7019."



Alone in the woods / Stevie Smith -- America / Gertrude Stein -- Bocas : a daughter's geography / Ntozake Shange -- Catch / Robert Francis -- Dog's death / John Updike -- Dreams / Langston Hughes -- Fog / Carl Sandburg -- I am / John Clare -- If we must die / Claude McKay -- Introduction to poetry / Billy Collins -- Japanese-American farmhouse, California, 1942 / Sharon Olds -- My heart is heavy / Sara Teasdale -- Romance sonambulo / Federico Garcia Lorca -- Snapping beans / Lisa Parker -- Taking leave of a friend / Li Po -- The tall figures of Giacometti / May Swenson.

Features discussion and analysis of poems of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Provides an overview of the poem and discussion of its principal themes, images, form and construction.



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Poetry--Study and teaching.
Poetry--History and criticism.
Poetry, Modern--19th century.
Poetry, Modern--20th century.
Poetry, Modern--21st century.

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