Poetry for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry / Volume 25 [electronic resource] : Ira Mark Milne, project editor ; foreword by David Kelly. - Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2007. - 1 online resource (xxi, 369 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.

Art thou the thing I wanted / Alice Fulton -- Bonnard's garden / Rick Barot -- Chorale / Kevin Young -- The cossacks / Linda Pastan -- Daughter-Mother-Maya-Seeta / Reetika Vazirani -- Hum / Ann Lauterbach -- Knowledge / Kim Addonizio -- The legend / Garrett Hongo -- Originally / Carol Ann Duffy -- Rent / Jane Cooper -- The river mumma wants out / Lorna Goodison -- Self-portrait / Adam Zagajewski -- Supernatural love / Gjertrud Schnackenberg -- View / Marvin Bell -- Virtue / George Herbert -- Whoso list to hunt / Thomas Wyatt.

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.

9781414410562 (electronic book) 1414410565 (electronic book)


Fulton, Alice, 1952- Art thou the thing I wanted.
Barot, Rick, 1969- Bonnard's garden.
Young, Kevin. Chorale.
Pastan, Linda, 1932- Cossacks.
Vazirani, Reetika. Daughter-Mother-Maya-Seeta.
Lauterbach, Ann, 1942- Hum.
Addonizio, Kim, 1954- Knowledge.
Hongo, Garrett Kaoru, 1951- Legend.
Duffy, Carol Ann. Originally.
Cooper, Jane, 1924- Rent.
Goodison, Lorna. River mumma wants out.
Zagajewski, Adam, 1945- Self-portrait.
Schnackenberg, Gjertrud. Supernatural love.
Bell, Marvin, 1937- View.
Herbert, George, 1593-1633. Virtue.
Wyatt, Thomas, Sir, 1503?-1542. Whoso list to hunt.


Poetry--Study and teaching.
Poetry--History and criticism.
Poetry, Modern--History and criticism.--20th century