Poetry for Students

by Ruby, Mary K.; Milne, Ira Mark

• ISBN13: 9780787635695
• ISBN10: 0787635693
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Gale / Cengage Learning

Summary

Entries contain the full text of the poem, a line-by-line discussion of its meaning, a summary of themes, an analysis of style, and an essay linking the poem to its historical context.

Table of Contents

Guest Foreword ``Just a Few Lines on a Page''	x
David J. Kelly
Introduction	xii
Literary Chronology	xv
Acknowledgments	xix
Contributors	xxi
At the Bomb Testing Site	1	(1)
William Stafford
Author Biography	2	(14)
Poem Text	2	(1)
Poem Summary	3	(2)
Themes	5	(1)
Style	6	(1)
Historical Context	7	(1)
Critical Overview	8	(1)
Criticism	9	(7)
Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio	16	(15)
James Wright
Author Biography	17	(1)
Poem Text	17	(1)
Poem Summary	18	(1)
Themes	19	(2)
Style	21	(1)
Historical Context	21	(2)
Critical Overview	23	(1)
Criticism	23	(8)
Bedtime Story	31	(10)
George MacBeth
Author Biography	32	(1)
Poem Text	32	(1)
Poem Summary	33	(1)
Themes	34	(1)
Style	35	(1)
Historical Context	35	(2)
Critical Overview	37	(1)
Criticism	37	(4)
Beware of Ruins	41	(11)
A. D. Hope
Author Biography	41	(2)
Poem Text	43	(1)
Poem Summary	43	(1)
Themes	44	(1)
Style	45	(1)
Historical Context	45	(2)
Critical Overview	47	(1)
Criticism	47	(5)
The Constellation Orion	52	(13)
Ted Kooser
Author Biography	53	(1)
Poem Text	53	(1)
Poem Summary	53	(2)
Themes	55	(1)
Style	56	(1)
Historical Context	56	(1)
Critical Overview	56	(1)
Criticism	57	(8)
A Drink of Water	65	(12)
Seamus Heaney
Author Biography	65	(1)
Poem Text	66	(1)
Poem Summary	66	(2)
Themes	68	(1)
Style	69	(1)
Historical Context	69	(1)
Critical Overview	70	(1)
Criticism	71	(6)
Drought Year	77	(9)
Judith Wright
Author Biography	78	(1)
Poem Text	78	(1)
Poem Summary	78	(1)
Themes	79	(1)
Style	80	(1)
Historical Context	81	(1)
Critical Overview	82	(1)
Criticism	82	(4)
Ethics	86	(13)
Linda Pastan
Author Biography	87	(1)
Poem Text	88	(1)
Poem Summary	88	(2)
Themes	90	(1)
Style	91	(1)
Historical Context	92	(2)
Critical Overview	94	(1)
Criticism	94	(5)
The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower	99	(17)
Dylan Thomas
Author Biography	100	(1)
Poem Text	101	(1)
Poem Summary	101	(3)
Themes	104	(1)
Style	105	(1)
Historical Context	105	(2)
Critical Overview	107	(1)
Criticism	107	(9)
Music Lessons	116	(10)
Mary Oliver
Author Biography	117	(1)
Poem Text	117	(1)
Poem Summary	117	(1)
Themes	118	(1)
Style	119	(1)
Historical Context	120	(2)
Critical Overview	122	(1)
Criticism	122	(4)
My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close	126	(14)
Emily Dickinson
Author Biography	127	(1)
Poem Text	127	(1)
Poem Summary	127	(2)
Themes	129	(1)
Style	129	(1)
Historical Context	130	(2)
Critical Overview	132	(1)
Criticism	132	(8)
Names of Horses	140	(11)
Donald Hall
Author Biography	141	(1)
Poem Text	141	(1)
Poem Summary	142	(2)
Themes	144	(1)
Style	145	(1)
Historical Context	146	(1)
Critical Overview	147	(1)
Criticism	147	(4)
A Red, Red Rose	151	(12)
Robert Burns
Author Biography	152	(1)
Poem Text	152	(1)
Poem Summary	152	(2)
Themes	154	(1)
Style	155	(1)
Historical Context	155	(2)
Critical Overview	157	(1)
Criticism	157	(6)
The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter	163	(13)
Pound Ezra
Author Biography	164	(1)
Poem Text	164	(1)
Poem Summary	165	(1)
Themes	166	(1)
Style	167	(1)
Historical Context	168	(2)
Critical Overview	170	(1)
Criticism	170	(6)
The Seafarer	176	(21)
Anonymous
Poem Text	177	(1)
Poem Summary	178	(2)
Themes	180	(2)
Style	182	(1)
Historical Context	182	(7)
Critical Overview	189	(1)
Criticism	189	(8)
Sonnet 29	197	(15)
William Shakespeare
Author Biography	197	(1)
Poem Text	198	(1)
Poem Summary	198	(2)
Themes	200	(1)
Style	201	(1)
Historical Context	202	(1)
Critical Overview	203	(1)
Criticism	204	(8)
Starlight	212	(17)
Philip Levine
Author Biography	213	(1)
Poem Text	213	(1)
Poem Summary	213	(2)
Themes	215	(1)
Style	216	(1)
Historical Context	216	(1)
Critical Overview	217	(1)
Criticism	218	(11)
To a Sad Daughter	229	(15)
Michael Ondaatje
Author Biography	230	(1)
Poem Text	230	(1)
Poem Summary	231	(2)
Themes	233	(2)
Style	235	(1)
Historical Context	235	(2)
Critical Overview	237	(1)
Criticism	237	(7)
Vancouver Lights	244	(13)
Earle Birney
Author Biography	245	(1)
Poem Text	245	(1)
Poem Summary	246	(1)
Themes	247	(1)
Style	248	(1)
Historical Context	249	(1)
Critical Overview	250	(1)
Criticism	251	(6)
Why I Am Not a Painter	257	(16)
Frank O'Hara
Author Biography	258	(1)
Poem Text	258	(1)
Poem Summary	259	(2)
Themes	261	(1)
Style	262	(1)
Historical Context	263	(1)
Critical Overview	264	(1)
Criticism	264	(9)
Glossary of Literary Terms	273	(20)
Cumulative Author/Title Index	293	(4)
Cumulative Nationality/Ethnicity Index	297	(4)
Subject/Theme Index	301