The Giant Book of PoetryLevel4Press Inc, 2006 - 748 pages 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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... rain deepens 306 Edwin Arlington Robinson ( 1869-1935 ) 307 Amaryllis 307 An Old Story 307 Haunted House 308 John Evereldown Karma Mr. Flood's Party 308 309 310 Reuben Bright 312 Richard Cory 312 Souvenir 313 Supremacy 313 The Dead ...
... rain deepens 306 Edwin Arlington Robinson ( 1869-1935 ) 307 Amaryllis 307 An Old Story 307 Haunted House 308 John Evereldown Karma Mr. Flood's Party 308 309 310 Reuben Bright 312 Richard Cory 312 Souvenir 313 Supremacy 313 The Dead ...
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... rains 404 404 D.H. Lawrence ( 1885-1930 ) From The Ship of Death New Year's Eve Snake Ezra Pound ( 1885-1972 ) A Pact 405 405 405 407 410 410 Francesca 410 In a Station of the Metro 410 Lustra ( from the Introduction ) 411 Tame Cat 411 ...
... rains 404 404 D.H. Lawrence ( 1885-1930 ) From The Ship of Death New Year's Eve Snake Ezra Pound ( 1885-1972 ) A Pact 405 405 405 407 410 410 Francesca 410 In a Station of the Metro 410 Lustra ( from the Introduction ) 411 Tame Cat 411 ...
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... Materia 631 Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill ( b . 1952 ) 632 Ceist na Teangan ( The Language Issue ) 632 Sean O'Brien ( b . 1952 ) 632 Rain 632 Shu Ting ( b . 1952 ) 634 Assembly Line 634 Mark Irwin ( b . 1953 ) 635 Woolworth's 635 21 Table of ...
... Materia 631 Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill ( b . 1952 ) 632 Ceist na Teangan ( The Language Issue ) 632 Sean O'Brien ( b . 1952 ) 632 Rain 632 Shu Ting ( b . 1952 ) 634 Assembly Line 634 Mark Irwin ( b . 1953 ) 635 Woolworth's 635 21 Table of ...
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Table des matières
Table of Contents 5 | 25 |
Poems | 31 |
Robert Greene 1560 1592 | 42 |
William Drummond 1585 1649 | 55 |
Ryusui 1691 1758 | 61 |
William Wordsworth 17701850 | 70 |
Robert Southey 17741843 | 96 |
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 1824 | 102 |
Edna St Vincent Millay 18921950 | 429 |
May Swenson 1913 1989 | 448 |
William Stafford 19141993 | 453 |
James Dickey 1923 1997 | 467 |
Carolyn Kizer b 1925 | 479 |
Philip Levine b 1928 | 492 |
Miller Williams b 1930 | 502 |
Amiri Baraka LeRoi Jones b 1934 | 516 |
John Keats 17951821 | 120 |
Thomas Hood 1799 1845 | 141 |
John Greenleaf Whittier 18071892 | 167 |
Edgar Allan Poe 1809 1849 | 170 |
Alfred Lord Tennyson 18091892 | 181 |
Edward Lear 18121888 | 205 |
Charles Baudelaire 18211867 | 218 |
Coventry Patmore 18231896 | 230 |
Thomas Hardy 18401928 | 267 |
William Ernest Henley 18491903 | 283 |
James B Naylor 1860 1902 | 291 |
William Butler Yeats 18651939 | 298 |
Edwin Arlington Robinson 18691935 | 307 |
Robert Frost 18741963 | 320 |
Amy Lowell 18741925 | 351 |
Gertrude Stein 1874 1946 | 390 |
Marjorie Allen Seiffert 18811968 | 396 |
Sara Teasdale 1884 1933 | 404 |
Ezra Pound 18851972 | 410 |
Robinson Jeffers 18871962 | 416 |
Archibald MacLeish 18921982 | 427 |
Robert Phillips b 1938 | 529 |
Margaret Atwood b 1939 | 533 |
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 |
| 687 | |
Index to Translations | 703 |
| 717 | |
Acknowledgements | 741 |
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