The Giant Book of PoetryLevel4Press Inc, 2006 - 748 էջ Winner or finalist in the 'Best Books' National Book Award Poetry Anthology of the Year; Benjamin Franklin Audio Book of the Year; Foreword Magazine Audio Book of the Year; and the Bill Fisher Award for Best New Fiction. Over 750 pages of poetry spanning from 4,000 BC up to the present day and including a broad cross-section of global poetry. Footnotes for each poem specify each poem's form, define unusual or archaic words, and include notes about interpretation. Multiple indexes, including an index by subject, simplify finding exactly the right poem for any situation. The poems were specifically selected to appeal to readers new to poetry, but even experienced poetry readers will find new and enjoyable poems. The poems from the book are also available on audio CD. |
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... Never the Time and the Place 190 Porphyria's Lover 191 The Confessional 193 The Pied Piper of Hamelin 196 Edward Lear ( 1812 – 1888 ) 205 The Owl and the Pussy - Cat 205 Emily Bronte ( 1818 – 1848 ) 206 I am the Only Being Whose Doom ...
... Never the Time and the Place 190 Porphyria's Lover 191 The Confessional 193 The Pied Piper of Hamelin 196 Edward Lear ( 1812 – 1888 ) 205 The Owl and the Pussy - Cat 205 Emily Bronte ( 1818 – 1848 ) 206 I am the Only Being Whose Doom ...
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Table of Contents 5 | 25 |
Poems | 31 |
Robert Greene 15601592 | 42 |
William Drummond 1585 1649 | 55 |
Ryusui 1691 1758 | 61 |
William Wordsworth 1770 1850 | 70 |
Robert Southey 1774 1843 | 96 |
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 1824 | 102 |
William Stafford 19141993 | 453 |
James Dickey 1923 1997 | 467 |
Carolyn Kizer b 1925 | 479 |
James Wright 1927 1980 | 485 |
Philip Levine b 1928 | 492 |
Thom Gunn 1929 2004 | 498 |
David R Slavitt b 1935 | 522 |
Margaret Atwood b 1939 | 533 |
John Keats 1795 1821 | 120 |
Thomas Hood 1799 1845 | 141 |
John Greenleaf Whittier 1807 1892 | 167 |
Edgar Allan Poe 1809 1849 | 170 |
Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809 1892 | 181 |
Edward Lear 1812 1888 | 205 |
Charles Baudelaire 18211867 | 218 |
Coventry Patmore 1823 1896 | 230 |
Thomas Hardy 1840 1928 | 267 |
William Ernest Henley 1849 1903 | 283 |
James B Naylor 1860 1902 | 291 |
William Butler Yeats 1865 1939 | 298 |
Edwin Arlington Robinson 1869 1935 | 307 |
Robert Frost 18741963 | 320 |
Amy Lowell 1874 1925 | 351 |
Gertrude Stein 18741946 | 390 |
Marjorie Allen Seiffert 1881 1968 | 396 |
Sara Teasdale 1884 1933 | 404 |
Ezra Pound 1885 1972 | 410 |
Robinson Jeffers 1887 1962 | 416 |
Archibald MacLeish 1892 1982 | 427 |
Edna St Vincent Millay 1892 1950 | 429 |
May Swenson 1913 1989 | 448 |
David Budbill b 1940 | 542 |
Robert Pinsky b 1940 | 560 |
Toi Derricotte b 1941 | 570 |
Nancy Vieira Couto b 1942 | 575 |
Dave Smith b 1942 | 593 |
Brian Patten b 1946 | 604 |
Robert Hedin b 1949 | 618 |
Timothy Russell b 1951 | 631 |
Mark Irwin b 1953 | 635 |
Mark Turpin b 1953 | 641 |
Kevin Hart b 1954 | 649 |
Mark Cox b 1956 | 656 |
Julia Kasdorf b 1962 | 664 |
David Berman b 1967 | 667 |
Appendix A Notes on Meter | 673 |
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Index to Translations | 703 |
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729 | |
Acknowledgements | 741 |
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