Poet Ian Marshall extracts nearly three hundred haiku verses from within Henry David Thoreau's "Walden, " and discusses the haiku form of poetry, Thoreau's text, and American nature writing.
a verse translation : authoritative text, contexts, criticism
Heaney, Seamus
2002
Presents a poetic verse translation of the Old English epic "Beowulf, " which tells the story of the heroic warrior who slays a hideous monster to save the Danish people and includes an introduction, background information, explanatory annotations, contextual readings, and critical interpretations.
Presents a line-by-line translation of nine of Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales", with both the original Middle English text and the modern translations of the stories.
A collection of poems evocative of seven geographical regions of the United States, including the Northeast, Southeast, Great Lakes, Plains, Mountains, Southwest, and Pacific Coast States.
Presents lyrics for eighty-five Civil War ballads from the North and the South, including patriotic tunes, romantic and sentimental pieces, and songs of battles past.
A collection of poems based on the theme of the American West, featuring selections from over seventy-five poets, including Robert Frost, Thomas Gunn, and Gary Soto, arranged chronologically by author's date of birth.
