Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea: “The Answer”
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How poetry became the 18th century’s social media network.
POEM GUIDE SYNOPSIS
How poetry became the 18th century’s social media network.
Thomas Hardy: “The Shadow on the Stone”
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After the poet lost his wife, he found his voice.
POEM GUIDE SYNOPSIS
After the poet lost his wife, he found his voice.
Gary Snyder: “Four Poems for Robin”
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A turbulent first love recollected in something like tranquility.
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A turbulent first love recollected in something like tranquility.
Linda Bierds: “The Ghost Trio”
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An exploration of the human imagination, with memories of a lost world.
POEM GUIDE SYNOPSIS
An exploration of the human imagination, with memories of a lost world.
Anne Bradstreet: “To My Dear and Loving Husband”
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Anne Bradstreet became a cultural icon for speaking out. Anne Hutchinson was banished.
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Anne Bradstreet became a cultural icon for speaking out. Anne Hutchinson was banished.
Philip Larkin: “An Arundel Tomb”
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Does a notoriously grumpy poet believe in everlasting love?
POEM GUIDE SYNOPSIS
Does a notoriously grumpy poet believe in everlasting love?
Alexander Pope: “Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot”
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Did the poems of this 18th century poet prefigure modern hip-hop rivalries?
POEM GUIDE SYNOPSIS
Did the poems of this 18th century poet prefigure modern hip-hop rivalries?
James Dickey: “The Sheep Child”
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Was James Dickey writing about bestiality just for kicks, or was he attempting to revive the pastoral tradition?
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Was James Dickey writing about bestiality just for kicks, or was he attempting to revive the pastoral tradition?
Amy Lowell: “The Garden by Moonlight”
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Ezra Pound thought she ruined imagism, but her erotic lyricism turned it into a style all her own.
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Ezra Pound thought she ruined imagism, but her erotic lyricism turned it into a style all her own.
Robert Duncan: “Often I Am Permitted to Return to a Meadow”
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On Robert Duncan’s incantatory summons.
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On Robert Duncan’s incantatory summons.
William Carlos Williams: “The Red Wheelbarrow”
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Just what does depend on that old wheelbarrow, anyway?
POEM GUIDE SYNOPSIS
Just what does depend on that old wheelbarrow, anyway?
Thom Gunn: “From the Wave”
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Touch, risk, trust, improvisation—“the intellect as powerhouse of love.”
POEM GUIDE SYNOPSIS
Touch, risk, trust, improvisation—“the intellect as powerhouse of love.”
