An Introduction to Poetry

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HarperCollins, 1990 - Literary Criticism - 532 pages

Contents

Contents
1
NARRATIVE POETRY
8
THE PERSON IN THE POEM
19
William Carlos Williams THE RED WHEELBARROW
25
Richard Lovelace TO LUCASTA
32
Words
38
THE VALUE OF A DICTIONARY
45
Josephine Miles REASON
51
Symbol
205
Myth
217
Alternatives
231
Horace ODES I 38
237
George Starbuck MARGARET ARE YOU DRUG
243
What Is Poetry?
273
Anonymous THE THREE RAVENS
279
W H Auden AS I WALKED OUT ONE EVENING
285

Wole Soyinka LOST TRIBE
57
Saying and Suggesting
64
Imagery
73
ABOUT HAIKU
81
Gary Snyder Penny Harter Paul Goodman Virgil Hutton
87
Figures of Speech
88
William Blake To SEE A WORLD IN A GRAIN OF SAND
94
George Herbert THE PULLEY
101
Song
108
BALLADS
115
Anonymous FA MI FA RE LA MI
122
William Cole ON MY BOAT ON LAKE CAYUGA
134
James Whitehead THE COUNTRY MUSIC STAR BEGINS
140
Thomas Campion ROSECHEEKED Laura come
157
Closed Form Open Form
164
OPEN FORM
179
William Carlos Williams THE DANCE
185
FOR REVIEW AND FURTHER STUDY
191
Poems for the Eye
198
Elizabeth Bishop ONE ART
291
Gerard Manley Hopkins THE WINDHOVER
334
Ben Jonson ON MY FIRST SON
340
Denise Levertov DIVORCING
346
George Meredith LUCIFER IN STARLIGHT
352
Sharon Olds THE ONE GIRL AT THE BOYS PARTY
358
CONTENTS
360
Sylvia Plath MORNING SONG
364
Adrienne Rich THE NINTH SYMPHONY OF BEETHOVEN UNDERSTOOD
369
IN ME BEHOLD
375
STAND
388
Elinor Wylie THE EAGLE AND THE MOLE
403
Plato INSPIRATION
441
Samuel Taylor Coleridge IMAGINATION
447
Randall Jarrell ON THE CHARGE THAT MODERN POETRY
453
CONTENTS
461
DRAFTING AND REVISING
467
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About the author (1990)

Widely anthologized, Kennedy's poetry may not be as influential among contemporary poets as others' because of his preference for, in his words, "old-fangled structures most poets have junked these days." As Kennedy's comments on his verse suggest, his poetry is witty, concise, and unpretentious. His subject matter is drawn from the everyday including his Catholic background and middle-class suburban life. Yet his concerns can be profound including death, violence, suicide, and Genesis.

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