TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hacht, Anne Marie.
AU  - Kelly, David.
TI  - Poetry for students: presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied poetry 
SN  - 787669598
AV  - R PN 1101 .P752 2004 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Detroit
PB  - Thomson/Gale
KW  - American poetry
KW  - sears
KW  - Poetry
KW  - United States
KW  - Poetry, Modern
N1  - Has glossary. Includes index
N2  -  A thirst against  by Linda Gregg;  But perhaps God needs the longing by Nelly Sachs;  Drinking alone beneath the moon by Li Po;  Gacela on the dark death by Federico Garcia Lorca;  Hymn to Aphrodite by Sappho;  In particular by Elena Karina Byrne;  Memoir by Mona Van Duyn;  Moreover, the moon by Mina Loy;  Ode to a drum by Yusef Komunyakaa;  Paradiso by Kenneth Koch;  The Alchemy of day by Anne Hebert;  The God who loves you by Carl Dennis;  The waste land by T. S. Eliot;  Two poems for T. by Cesare Paveses;  Variations on nothing by Giuseppe Ungaretti; The purpose of this book is to provide readers with a guide to understanding, enjoying, and studying poems by giving them easy access to information. This volume is a part of the series that is spscifically designed to meet the curricular needs of the students, instructors and the general readers. The information in each entry includes and introduction to the poem and the poem's author, summary, actual poem text (if possible), to help readers unravel and understand the meaning of the poem, analysis of important themes in the poem and an explanation of important literary techniques and movements as they are demonstrated in the poem. Each work is also provided with an information on its literary and historical background. Classroom aids are also included to provide ideas for research papers and lists of critical sources about the poem are presented. Contents: Air for mercury by Brenda Hillman
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