english poetry

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english poetry

Sir Francis Drake

his daring deeds
1989
Retells in poetry the daring adventures of the explorer who was the first Englishman to sail around the world; helped to defeat the Spanish Armada; and who, encouraged by Queen Elizabeth I, was a feared pirate in his time.

Snuffles and snouts

poems
1995
A collection of poems about pigs.

The Oxford treasury of Christmas poems

1999
A collection of poems celebrating both the religious and secular aspects of Christmas.

The Oxford companion to twentieth-century poetry in English

1994
Contains entries on modern poets and poetry in English, from America and Britain to Trinidad and Zimbabwe, and from 1900 to the present.

Poets

1979
A guide to 500 major poets writing in the English language. Each entry includes a biography, a bibliography, and an essay.

Against love poetry

2001
A collection of poems about marriage by Eavan Boland.

Sounds and silences

poetry for now
1990
A collection of poems on such topics as the family, childhood, isolation, identity, realities, illusion, dissent, love, war, and pain written by various authors.

Waltzing on water

poetry by women
1989
An Anthology of poems by women. The majority are by American and English poets, but some have been translated from non-English languages.

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