Poetry for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry / Volume 6 :
Mary K. Ruby, editor ; foreword by David Kelly.
- 1 online resource (xxii, 296 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-7019."
Includes bibliographies and index.
Beware: do not read this poem / Ishmael Reed -- Brazil, January 1, 1502 / Elizabeth Bishop -- Come with me / Robert Bly -- Cool tombs / Carl Sandburg -- A far cry from Africa / Derek Walcott -- The heaven of animals / James Dickey -- Helen / H. D. -- Lord Randal / Anonymous -- "More light! More light!" / Anthony Hecht -- Onomatopoeia / Eve Merriam -- Piano / D. H. Lawrence -- The Quaker graveyard in Nantucket / Robert Lowell -- Queen-Ann's-lace / William Carlos Williams -- Theme for English B / Langston Hughes -- There's a certain slant of light / Emily Dickinson -- To my dear and loving husband / Anne Bradstreet -- We real cool / Gwendolyn Brooks -- The wood-pile / Robert Frost.
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.
9781414428512
Reed, Ishmael, 1938- Beware do not read this poem. Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979. Brazil, January 1, 1502. Bly, Robert. Come with me. Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. Cool tombs. Walcott, Derek. Far cry from Africa. Dickey, James. Heaven of animals. H. D. 1886-1961. Helen. Hecht, Anthony, 1923-2004. More light! More light! Merriam, Eve, 1916-1992. Onomatopoeia. Lawrence, D. H. 1885-1930. Piano. Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977. Quaker graveyard in Nantucket. Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963. Queen-Ann's-lace. Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Theme for English B. Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. There's a certain slant of light. Bradstreet, Anne, 1612?-1672. To my dear and loving husband. Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000. We real cool. Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Wood-pile.
Lord Randal.
Poetry--Study and teaching. Poetry--History and criticism. Poetry, Modern--20th century.