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Poetry for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry

Title
Poetry for students. Volume 8 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry / Mary K. Ruby and Ira Mark Milne, editors ; foreword by David Kelly.
Publication
Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, c2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Ruby, Mary K.
  • Milne, Ira Mark.
Description
1 online resource.
Summary
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.
Uniform Title
Poetry for students. Volume 8 (Online)
Subject
  • Stafford, William, 1914-1993
  • Wright, James, 1927-1980
  • MacBeth, George
  • Hope, A. D. 1907-2000
  • Kooser, Ted
  • Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
  • Wright, Judith, 1915-2000
  • Pastan, Linda, 1932-2023
  • Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953
  • Oliver, Mary, 1935-2019
  • Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
  • Hall, Donald, 1928-2018
  • Burns, Robert, 1759-1796
  • Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
  • Levine, Philip, 1928-2015
  • Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
  • Birney, Earle, 1904-1995
  • O'Hara, Frank, 1926-1966
  • Seafarer (Anglo-Saxon poem)
  • Poetry > Study and teaching
  • Poetry > History and criticism
  • Poetry, Modern > 20th century
Note
  • "ISSN 1094-7019."
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
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.
OCLC
ssj0000515770
Title
Poetry for students. Volume 8 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry / Mary K. Ruby and Ira Mark Milne, editors ; foreword by David Kelly.
Imprint
Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, c2000.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Original Version
Original: xxii, 304 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm.
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Added Author
Ruby, Mary K.
Milne, Ira Mark.
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