english poetry

Presents the complete sonnets of William Shakespeare, as well as three major long poems, each with a brief introduction and explanatory notes on facing pages, and includes a discussion of Shakespeare's language, critical commentary, illustrations, and an index of first lines.

Tells the beginning of the conception of Middle Earth; two epic poems, The Lay of Leithian and The Lay of the Children of Hurin; the history of Middle Earth to the environment readers recognize from The Lord of the Rings; and a chronology of the events in Beleriand, the first Silmarillion map, and the only known description of the physical nature of Middle Earth's universe.

A collection of poems on the stages of the human life cycle by over sixty different poets, including William Blake, Nancy Willard, Elizabeth Bishop, and Thomas Hardy. Illustrated with photographs of people at various stages of life.

A collection of silly verses about various creatures that live in the ocean, including crabs, swordfish, whales, and polar bears.

A poetic exploration of the hippos, leopards, chimpanzees, and other animals found in the jungle.

The Jumblies go to sea in a sieve and have many adventures.

A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood.

Contains the title work in which a sailor tells about the terrible fate that befell his ship after he killed an albatross, and features twenty other works by the Romantic era poet, including "Kubla Khan, " "Christabel, " and a selection of sonnets, lyrics, and odes.

A collection of poetic works by nineteenth-century English poet John Keats, including epistles, sonnets, and several fugitive and posthumously published poems. Also includes "Endymion, " an allegorical romance, and "Otho the Great, " a five-act poetic tragedy.