Poetry for Students

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Poetry for Students ...

Detroit, 1967 (magna cum laude); M.L.S., Uni- versity of Missouri–Columbia, l974. Volunteer Project Leader for a school in rural ...

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Table of Contents Guest Foreword “Just a Few Lines on a Page” by David J. Kelly................... ix Introduction.............. ...

vi Poetry for Students ...

(by Ted Kooser) At the Cancer Clinic Author Biography Poem Summary Themes Style Historical Context Critical Overview Criticism ...

Just a Few Lines on a Page I have often thought that poets have the easi- est job in the world. A poem, after all, is just a few ...

x Poetry for Students of our emotions. Practice is just another word for being a student. The information given here helps you u ...

Introduction Purpose of the Book The purpose of Poetry for Students(PfS) is to provide readers with a guide to understanding, en ...

xii Poetry for Students placed on including works by international, multi- cultural, and women poets. Our advisory board members ...

Volume 24 xiii What Do I Read Next?:a list of works that might complement the featured poem or serve as a contrast to it. This ...

Literary Chronology c. 1498 Mirabai (sometimes written as M ̄
ra ̄Ba ̄
̄) is born into a minor royal family in Merta, in northw ...

xvi Poetry for Students 1980:Naomi Shihab Nye’s “Kindness” is published. 1990:Jean Valentine’s “Seeing You” is published. 1994:D ...

Acknowledgments The editors wish to thank the copyright hold- ers of the excerpted criticism included in this vol- ume and the p ...

xviii Poetry for Students by permission.—Midwest Quarterly, v. 46, sum- mer, 2005. Copyright © 2005 by The Midwest Quarterly, Pi ...

Volume 24 xix Alabama Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission. COPYRIGHTED EXCERPTS IN PFS, VOLUME 24, WERE REPRODU ...

Contributors Bryan Aubrey: Aubrey holds a Ph.D. in English and has published many articles on contempo- rary poetry. Entry on Al ...

All I Was Doing Was Breathing The sixteenth-century Indian poet Mirabai was a controversial figure during her lifetime. She was ...