Poetry for students / Constantakis, Sara

Features discussion and analysis of poems of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Provides an overview of the poem and discussion of its principal themes, images, form and construction.

Features discussion and analysis of poems of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Provides an overview of the poem and discussion of its principal themes, images, form and construction.

This reference includes an introduction to each poem and the poem's author; the actual poem text when possible; a poem summary; analysis of important themes in the poem; and an explanation of important literary techniques and movements as they are demonstrated in the poem.

Profiles sixteen poems by such writers as Joseph Bruchac, Phillis Wheatley, Anne Sexton, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and others; each including an author biography, the poem text, a summary, a selection of criticism, and discussion of themes, style, sources, and historical context.