Poetry : A Pocket Anthology (Penguin Academics)

by Gwynn, R. S.

• ISBN13: 9780205655151
• ISBN10: 0205655157
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

Brief and affordable! This pocket-sized anthology focus on the poems at a cost well under that of traditional anthologies. KEY TOPICS: Chronologically organized, the selections represent the full range of poetic tradition from popular ballads to contemporary work. Diversity and flexibility are reflected in the selections by women and writers of colorrepresenting over a third of the bookand by the inclusion of virtually every traditional poetic form used in English-language poetry. Updates include twenty-five new selections from previously unrepresented poets, as well as different offerings from previously anthologized writers. Contemporary poets new to this anthology include Joseph Harrison, Brian Turner, Allison Joseph, Sophie Hannah, and Emily Moore. New poems represent poets ranging from Donne, Poe, Whitman, and Hardy, to modernists including Wallace Stevens, e.e. cummings, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Richard Wilbur. For anyone wanting a poetry anthology with quality selections at a terrific price.

Table of Contents

asterisks indicate selections new to this edition

Introduction

An Anecdote: Where Poetry Starts

Speaker, Listener, and Context

""The Star-Spangled Banner""

Lyric, Narrative, Dramatic

The Language of Poetry

Figurative Language

Allegory and Symbol

Tone of Voice

Repetition: Sounds and Schemes

Meter and Rhythm

Free Verse, Open Form and Closed Forms

Stanza Forms

Fixed Forms

A Brief Note: Literary History, Poetic Conventions, and Theory

Writing about Poetry

Poetry

Anonymous

Western Wind

Bonny Barbara Allan

Sir Patrick Spens

Sir Thomas

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