Poetry for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry / Volume 7 :
Mary K. Ruby, editor ; foreword by David Kelly.
- 1 online resource (xxii, 276 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-7019."
Includes bibliographies and index.
American poetry / Louis Simpson -- Barbara Allan / Anonymous -- A blessing / James Wright -- Butcher shop / Charles Simic -- Fire and ice / Robert Frost -- For the Union dead / Robert Lowell -- In the land of Shinar / Denise Levertov -- Inventors / Michael Blumenthal -- Journey of the Magi / T. S. Eliot -- A Martian sends a postcard home / Craig Raine -- Meeting the British / Paul Muldoon -- The moon glows the same / Matsuo Basho -- A psalm of life / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- The second coming / William Butler Yeats -- Siren song / Margaret Atwood -- Small town with one road / Gary Soto -- The soldier / Rupert Brooke -- To an athlete dying young / 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.
9781414428529
Simpson, Louis, 1923-2012. American poetry. Wright, James Arlington, 1927-1980. Blessing. Simic, Charles, 1938- Butcher shop. Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Fire and ice. Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977. For the Union dead. Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997. In the land of Shinar. Blumenthal, Michael. Inventors. Eliot, T. S. 1888-1965. Journey of the magi. Raine, Craig. Martian sends a postcard home. Muldoon, Paul. Meeting the British. Matsuo, Basho, 1644-1694. Moon glows the same. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. Psalm of life. Yeats, W. B. 1865-1939. Second coming. Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939- Siren song. Soto, Gary. Small town with one road. Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915. Soldier. Housman, A. E. 1859-1936. To an athlete dying young.
Barbara Allan.
Poetry--Study and teaching. Poetry--History and criticism. Poetry, Modern--20th century.