Poetry for students.  presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry /  Volume 18  [electronic resource] : 
David Galens project editor ; foreword by David Kelly. 
 - Detroit, Mich. :  Gale,  c2003. 
 - 1 online resource (xix, 278 p.) :  ill. 
 - Gale virtual reference library .
<br/><br/> "ISSN 1094-7019."  Each entry contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>60 / Rabindranath Tagore -- Address to the angels / Maxine Kumin -- The afterlife / Billy Collins -- The continuous life / Mark Strand -- The country without a post office / Agha Shahid Ali -- The darkling thrush / Thomas Hardy -- Duration / Octavio Paz -- The garden shukkei-en / Carolyn Forche -- The greatest grandeur / Pattiann Rogers -- The last question / Dorothy Parker -- Midnight verses / Anna Akhmatova -- New rule / Anne Carson -- Song of reasons / Robert Pinsky -- Spring-watching pavilion / Ho Xuan Huong -- Temple bells die out / Matsuo Basho -- To an unknown poet / Carolyn Kizer. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780787692858 (electronic book) 0787692859 (electronic book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941. <br/>Kumin, Maxine, 1925- <br/>Collins, Billy.<br/>Strand, Mark, 1934- <br/>Agha, Shahid Ali, 1949- <br/>Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. <br/>Paz, Octavio, 1914- <br/>Forche, Carolyn.<br/>Rogers, Pattiann, 1940- <br/>Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967. <br/>Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966. <br/>Carson, Anne, 1950- <br/>Pinsky, Robert.<br/>Ho, Xuan Huong.<br/>Matsuo, Basho, 1644-1694. <br/>Kizer, Carolyn.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Poetry, Modern--History and criticism.--20th century<br/>Poetry--Study and teaching.<br/>Poetry--History and criticism.