Poetry for Students

Table of Contents

Guest Foreword

“Just a Few Lines on a Page”

by David J. Kelly..................... ix

Introduction........................... xi

Literary Chronology..................... xv

Acknowledgments..................... xvii

Contributors.......................... xix

And What If I Spoke of Despair

(by Ellen Bass).................... 1

Author Biography...................... 1

Poem Text........................... 2

Poem Summary....................... 2

Themes.............................. 4

Style................................ 5

Historical Context..................... 6

Critical Overview...................... 7

Criticism............................. 7

Further Reading...................... 12

The Boy

(by Marilyn Hacker)............... 13

Author Biography..................... 13

Poem Text.......................... 14

Poem Summary...................... 15

Themes............................. 16

Style............................... 17

Historical Context.................... 17

Critical Overview..................... 18

Criticism............................ 18

Further Reading...................... 26

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