Poetry for students.

Poetry for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry / Volume 24 [electronic resource] : Anne Marie Hacht and Ira Mark Milne, project editors ; foreword by David Kelly. - Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2006. - 1 online resource (xxi, 330 p.) : ill., photos. - Gale virtual reference library .

"ISSN 1094-7019." Each entry contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

All I was doing was breathing / Mirabai -- Always / Guillaume Apollinaire -- At the cancer clinic / Ted Kooser -- The Chambered Nautilus / Oliver Wendell Holmes -- For the sake of strangers / Dorianne Laux -- Kindness / Naomi Shihab Nye -- The litany / Dana Gioia -- Monologue for an onion / Sue (Suji) Kwock Kim -- Not like a cypress / Yehuda Amichai -- One is one / Marie Ponsot -- Our side / Carol Muske-Dukes -- A poison tree / William Blake -- Portrait of a couple at century's end / Sherod Santos -- The room / Conrad Aiken -- Seeing you / Jean Valentine -- Three to's and an oi / Heather McHugh.

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.

9781414410555 (electronic book) 1414410557 (electronic book)


Mirabai, fl.1516-1546. All I was doing was breathing.
Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918. Always.
Kooser, Ted. At the cancer clinic.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894. Chambered Nautilus.
Laux, Dorianne. For the sake of strangers.
Nye, Naomi Shihab. Kindness.
Gioia, Dana. Litany.
Kim, Suji Kwock, 1968- Monologue for an onion.
Amichai, Yehuda. Not like a cypress.
Ponsot, Marie. One is one.
Muske-Dukes, Carol, 1945- Our side.
Blake, William, 1757-1827. Poison tree.
Santos, Sherod, 1948- Portrait of a couple at century's end.
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973. Room.
Valentine, Jean. Seeing you.
McHugh, Heather, 1948- Three to's and an oi.


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