Poetry for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry / Volume 8 :
Mary K. Ruby and Ira Mark Milne, editors ; foreword by David Kelly.
- 1 online resource (xxii, 304 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-7019."
Includes bibliographies and index.
At the bomb testing site / William Stafford -- Autumn begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio / James Wright -- Bedtime story / George MacBeth -- Beware of ruins / A. D. Hope -- The constellation Orion / Ted Kooser -- A drink of water / Seamus Heaney -- Drought year / Judith Wright -- Ethics / Linda Pastan -- The force that through the green fuse drives the flower / Dylan Thomas -- Music lessons / Mary Oliver -- My life closed twice before its close / Emily Dickinson -- Names of horses / Donald Hall -- A red, red rose / Robert Burns -- The river-merchant's wife: a letter / Ezra Pound -- The seafarer / Anonymous -- Sonnet 29 / William Shakespeare -- Starlight / Philip Levine -- To a sad daughter / Michael Ondaatje -- Vancouver lights / Earle Birney -- Why I am not a painter / Frank O'Hara.
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.
9781414428536
Stafford, William, 1914-1993. At the bomb testing site. Wright, James Arlington, 1927-1980. Autumn begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio. MacBeth, George. Bedtime story. Hope, A. D. 1907-2000. Beware of ruins. Kooser, Ted. Constellation Orion. Heaney, Seamus, 1939- Drink of water. Wright, Judith, 1915-2000. Drought year. Pastan, Linda, 1932- Ethics. Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953. Force that through the green fuse drives the flower. Oliver, Mary, 1935- Music lessons. Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. My life closed twice before its close. Hall, Donald, 1928- Names of horses. Burns, Robert, 1759-1796. Red, red rose. Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972. River-merchant's wife. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. No. 29. Sonnets. Levine, Philip, 1928- Starlight. Ondaatje, Michael, 1943- To a sad daughter. Birney, Earle, 1904-1995. Vancouver lights. O'Hara, Frank, 1926-1966. Why I am not a painter.
Seafarer (Anglo-Saxon poem)
Poetry--Study and teaching. Poetry--History and criticism. Poetry, Modern--20th century.