english poetry

Examines the experiences of World War I soldiers who used their poetry to express the horrors of warfare, and explores the historical, political, and social background which shaped the poetry of the war.

Contains a collection of twelve noisy poems for children designed to be read aloud.

An illustrated collection of twenty-four nonsensical poems by Edward Lear, including a selection of limericks.

Presents more than two hundred poems, grouped by themes such as gender, the natural world, growing up, and "the larger world, " along with 150 five-to-ten-minute lessons.

A collection of poems by Nobel Prize-winning author Seamus Heaney, based on the theme of origins and oracles.

Presents forty-five poems inspired by the author's childhood years in 1950s County Armagh, Ireland, and his adult life in suburban New Jersey.

An anthology of English poetry, featuring the work of over 150 poets writing from the Middle Ages through the late twentieth century, and including headnotes, annotations, introductory essays, and an author/title/first-line index.

A collection of Irish poetry including lyrics, elegies, songs, street ballads, satires, patriotic hymns, epics, odes, and older forms of Gaelic verse.

An anthology of poems grouped in sixteen parts, each devoted to a particular subject such as animals, seasons, holidays, and people.