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Initially conceived after reading the works of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, who was known for his early studies of Native American culture, "The Song of Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is an epic poem based on the legends of the Ojibwa Indians of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Written in 1855 in trochaic tetrameter, the tale is set in the picturesque Pictured Rocks area along the south shore of Lake Superior. The lyrical descriptions of this...
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e. e. cummings is without question one of the major poets of this century, and this volume, first published in 1959, is indispensable for every lover of modern lyrical verse. It contains one hundred of cummings's wittiest and most profound poems, harvested from thirty-five of the most radically creative years in contemporary American poetry. These poems exhibit all the extraordinary lyricism, playfulness, technical ingenuity, and compassion for which...
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In these brilliant new poems, Tracy K. Smith envisions a sci-fi future sucked clean of any real dangers, contemplates the dark matter that keeps people both close and distant, and revisits the kitschy concepts like "love" and "illness" now relegated to the Museum of Obsolescence. These poems reveal the realities of life lived here, on the ground, where a daughter is imprisoned in the basement by her own father, where celebrities and pop stars walk...
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Random House
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[2015]
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English
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"Throughout her illustrious career in letters, Maya Angelou gifted, healed, and inspired the world with her words. Now the beauty and spirit of those words live on in this new and complete collection of poetry that reflects and honors the writer's ... life"--Amazon.com.
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Doubleday
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1947
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English
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was the most popular American poet of his time, and one of the most famous American Poets of all time. A former teacher who fulfilled his dream to make a living as a poet, Longfellow taught at Bowdoin and Harvard, was eventually honored for his poetry with degrees from Oxford and Cambridge, and is one of the few Americans to have a monument dedicated to his memory in Westminister Abbey. This choice collection...
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One of the astonishing aspects of [Oliver's] work is the consistency of tone over this long period. What changes is an increased focus on nature and an increased precision with language that has made her one of our very best poets. ... These poems sustain us rather than divert us. Although few poets have fewer human beings in their poems than Mary Oliver, it is ironic that few poets also go so far to help us forward.
13) 95 poems
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Liveright
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2002
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English
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Twentieth-century American poet E. E. Cummings's last collection of new poems published in his lifetime, which presents his views on nature and shows his interest in everyday people.
16) Selected poems
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Penguin Books
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2006
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English
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Presents approximately one hundred poems by "Moby-Dick" author Herman Melville, including selections from "Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War," "Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land," "Timoleon," "John Marr and Other Sailors," and "Weeds and Wildings Chiefly: With a Rose or Two," as well as several uncollected pieces; and includes an introduction and explanatory notes.
18) Collected poems
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Random House
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c2007
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English
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Contains all the poems that W.H. Auden wished to preserve including three poems printed for the first time and four poems he previously rejected.
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