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1) Last Poems
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Renowned poet A. E. Housman published only two volumes of poetry during his lifetime: A Shropshire Lad, for which he is best remembered, and the equally eloquent Last Poems (1922). Both collections explore many of the same themes. Housman introduced this book, "I publish these poems, few though they are, because it is not likely that I shall ever be impelled to write much more." Another book, More Poems, was published shortly after his death in 1936....
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Published in 1921, this book-length poem has been interpreted by some as a ghost story, by others as a tale of revenge, and by others still as the record of a mind reduced to madness. The narrator is an old friend of Avon's, a successful lawyer plagued by a mysterious sense of guilt.
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First published in English by Edward Fitzgerald in 1859 from its original Farsi, "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" is a collection of quatrains attributed to Omar Khayyam, a Persian astronomer and mathematician born in the later part of the 11th century. Omar Khayyam's poetry, which received very little international notoriety in its own day, achieved classic status when it was discovered and rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald over seven...
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Rudyard Kipling's funny and acerbic verse continues to delight readers of all ages. Included here is the famed "Gunga Din," a poem from the perspective of a British soldier, saved by a native-who dies-and reads as a commentary on racism. This collection illustrates the scope and originality of Kipling's work.
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This 1917 collection of poems focuses on Graves's World War I experiences and his friendships with such fellow poet-soldiers as Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen. The poems detail the horrors of war while celebrating the bonds between soldiers. Included in the collection are: "Goliath and David," "When I'm Killed," and "Letter to S. S. from Mametz Wood," among others.
6) Starved Rock
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This 1919 collection of more than 40 poems includes "Creation," "Tyrannosaurus: or Burning Letters," "Lord Byron to Doctor Polidori," "A Woman of Forty," "William Shakespeare," "By the Waters of Babylon," "The Christian Statesman," "Winged Victory," "Oh You Sabbatarians!", "Pallas Athene," "Chicago," and "Inexorable Deities."
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The poems collected here are mostly light verse-"barrack-room ballads," Kipling called them-inspired by Kipling's early adventures as a newspaperman in British colonial India. The first book Kipling published, Departmental Ditties (1886), emphasizes the universality of human experience and the cross-cultural ubiquity of the ignoble and tragicomic aspects of human character.
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Based on Robert Service's experiences as a Red Cross ambulance driver in France during World War I, this moving collection of poems eloquently captures the patriotism, hardship, and death experienced by the soldiers, as well as their love of home, family, and their fellow soldiers.
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This 1919 collection of Galsworthy's poems is true to its title, splitting into three sections: moods, songs, and doggerels. The volume contains over fifty poems, including "A Dream," "On a Soldier's Funeral," "Devon to Me!," "When Love if Young," "To My God," "Life?," and many others.
10) The Seven Seas
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The 'Seven Seas' is a bitter, disillusioned series of poems centered on Britain's role in colonialism and Empire building. With reverberating lyrics and powerful imagery, Kipling writes of the ruthless means that were often employed to add nations to the glorious Empire, and the subsequent effects upon these colonized nations. Though disturbing and unsettling in theme, Kipling's lyrical dexterity makes these poems strangely compelling reading.
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In Spoon River Anthology, the American poet Edgar Lee Masters (1869–1950) created a series of compelling free-verse monologues in which former citizens of a mythical Midwestern town speak touchingly from the grave of the thwarted hopes and dream of their lives. First published in book form in 1915, the Anthology was the crowning achievement of Masters' career as a poet, and a work that would become a landmark of 20th-century American literature....
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The great sixteenth-century poet vividly imagines the end of the First Crusade, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, and the taking of Jerusalem. This decidedly fictional 1581 account, influenced by Homer and Virgil as well as Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, is heavily seasoned with romance, intrigue, and sorcery. Tasso's poem inspired painters, playwrights, and librettists for centuries. Verse translation by Edward Fairfax.
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. "He has bequeathed his nation a body of imperishable verse from which Americans will forever gain joy and understanding." — John F. Kennedy about Robert Frost America's beloved poet Robert Frost explores the profound beauty of nature in this collection of his early works. Although he carefully crafts his poems, they are written with the common man in mind so that...
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Originally published as The Early Italian Poets in 1861, this book is full of Rossetti's beautiful translations from the original Italian of Dante Alighieri. The first section treats Dante's "La Vita Nuova" and other poems, as well as poems by Dante's close friends, such as Guido Cavalcanti and Cino da Pistoia. The second section covers many important poets preceding Dante.
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This 1911 volume was written by Hudson for use in schools. Part of the Poetry and Life series, it combines a biography with a selection of James Russell Lowell's poetry. Hudson created the series because he believed students' interests would be piqued by the theory that personality informs poetry-he based this volume on Lowell's conservative opinions.
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This short biography of John Greenleaf Whittier, published in 1917, was part of the Poetry and Life series, combining biography and poetry to present a fully rounded portrait of its subject. Hudson was of the opinion that Whittier "was not a great poet... He produced nothing on a large scale which is in the least likely to survive." However, Hudson believed Whittier's brilliance was his pure truthfulness in poetry.
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Accompanied by a brief biographical sketch, this study of Poe's verse makes the case "that in his poetry Poe is revealed completely." The book also includes many of Poe's poems, including "To Helen," "The City in the Sea," "Annabel Lee," and "The Raven." A riveting study by a dedicated Poe enthusiast.
19) The Sonnets
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First published in 1609, "The Sonnets" of William Shakespeare are a collection of 154 loosely connected 14 line poems. Considered by many to be among some of the greatest love poetry ever written much debate surrounds the context of the poetry. It has been suggested that the work may be semi-autobiographical but no real evidence firmly supports this notion. The themes of the poems contained within this volume are varied and include such subjects as...
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Poet Louise Bogan called this 1897 volume “one of the hinges upon which American poetry was able to turn from the sentimentality of the 90's toward modern veracity and psychological truth." The collection, Robinson's second, caught the eye of President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905, who was instrumental in providing the impoverished poet a much-needed sinecure.
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