Explores eight nature poems and poets, accompanied by biographical information on the poets and end-of-chapter questions for further study. Includes detailed analysis of form, content, and poetic technique.
Examines the question of beauty in poetry through a discussion of eight poets and their poems dealing with beauty, including Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, and Phillis Wheatley.
"Explores modern American poetry, including biographies of twelve poets such as Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, and Langston Hughes; excerpts of poems, literary criticism, poetic technique, and explication"--Provided by publisher.
"Discover some of the poetry of leading contemporary American poets, including: Roethke, Bishop, Stafford, Lowell, Brooks, Wilbur, Ginsberg, Merwin, Rich, Plath, Collins, and Gluck"--Provided by publisher.