Synopsis
A chronological anthology for any general poetry course, beginning to advanced. Over 650 selections from over 160 poets judiciously selected to provide a balanced collection of classic, modern, and contemporary works.
Review
Corsons Inlet by Archie Randolph Ammons
The Buried Life by Matthew Arnold
Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold
Isolation: To Marguerite - Continued by Matthew Arnold
The Last Word by Matthew Arnold
Memorial Verses by Matthew Arnold
Philomela by Matthew Arnold
Shakespeare by Matthew Arnold
Evening In The Country by John Ashbery
Soonest Mended by John Ashbery
Worsening Situation by John Ashbery
Book Of Ancestors by Margaret Atwood
There Is Only One Of Everything by Margaret Atwood
A Free One by Wystan Hugh Auden
In Memory Of W.b. Yeats by Wystan Hugh Auden
In Praise Of Limestone by Wystan Hugh Auden
Musee Des Beaux Arts by Wystan Hugh Auden
Petition by Wystan Hugh Auden
Song by Wystan Hugh Auden
Taller Today by Wystan Hugh Auden
Notes For A Speech by Amiri Baraka
A Poem For Black Hearts by Amiri Baraka
American Names by Stephen Vincent Benet
The Dream Songs: 16 by John Berryman
An Incident In The Early Life Of Ebenezer Jones, Poet, 1828 by John Betjeman
Lead by Ambrose Bierce
The Bight by Elizabeth Bishop
The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop
Manners by Elizabeth Bishop
The Chimney Sweeper, Fr. Songs Of Innocence by William Blake
The Clod And The Pebble, Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
The Lamb, Fr. Songs Of Innocence by William Blake
The Little Black Boy, Fr. Songs Of Innocence by William Blake
London, Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
Mock On, Mock On! Voltaire, Rousseau by William Blake
The New [or, Building Of] Jerusalem [or, To The Christians] by William Blake
Night The Ninth by William Blake
A Poison Tree, Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
The Sick Rose, Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
Song by William Blake
The Sunflower, Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
To The Muses by William Blake
The Tyger [tiger], Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
After Drinking All Night With A Friend by Robert Bly
Driving Through Minnesota During The Hanoi Bombings by Robert Bly
Driving Toward The Lac Qui Parle River by Robert Bly
Waking From Sleep by Robert Bly
The Vanity Of All Worldly Things by Anne Bradstreet
A Passer-by by Robert Seymour Bridges
Hope by Emily Jane Bronte
Long Neglect Has Worn Away by Emily Jane Bronte
No Coward Soul Is Mine by Emily Jane Bronte
1914: 5. The Soldier by Rupert Brooke
Boy Breaking Glass by Gwendolyn Brooks
Medgar Evers by Gwendolyn Brooks
On The Countess Of Pembroke by William (1591-1643) Browne
A Musical Instrument by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Sonnets From The Portuguese: 1 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Andrea Del Sarto (called The Faultless Painter) by Robert Browning
The Bishop Orders His Tomb At Saint Praxed's Church by Robert Browning
Home-thoughts, From Abroad by Robert Browning
Memorabilia by Robert Browning
My Last Duchess by Robert Browning
Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant
To A Waterfowl by William Cullen Bryant
Address To A Lady by Robert Burns
Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns
Green Grow The Rashes, O by Robert Burns
John Anderson by Robert Burns
To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With The Plough by Robert Burns
The Destruction Of Sennacherib by George Gordon Byron
Fragment, On The Back Of The Poet's Ms. Of Canto I by George Gordon Byron
Prometheus by George Gordon Byron
She Walks In Beauty by George Gordon Byron
Song by George Gordon Byron
Song by George Gordon Byron
Stanzas For Music (1) by George Gordon Byron
Corinna by Thomas Campion
Laura by Thomas Campion
To Lesbia by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
The Canterbury Tales: The General Prologue by Geoffrey Chaucer
In Flanders by Geoffrey Chaucer
Prologue by Geoffrey Chaucer
Dejection: An Ode by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Frost At Midnight by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Limbo [diff. Version] by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
On Donne's Poetry by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Ode On The Poetical Character by William (1721-1759) Collins
Ode To Evening by William (1721-1759) Collins
Ode Written In [the Beginning Of The Year] 1746 by William (1721-1759) Collins
The Wish by Abraham Cowley
The Castaway by William Cowper
Providence by William Cowper
To Brooklyn Bridge by Harold Hart Crane
Voyages: 2 by Harold Hart Crane
Cinquain: November Night by Adelaide Crapsey
Triad by Adelaide Crapsey
The Warning by Adelaide Crapsey
The Business by Robert Creeley
I Know A Man by Robert Creeley
Naughty Boy by Robert Creeley
Heritage by Countee Cullen
50 Poems: 29 by Edward Estlin Cummings
50 Poems: 34 by Edward Estlin Cummings
Chanson Innocente: 1, Fr. Tulips by Edward Estlin Cummings
Portraits: 8 by Edward Estlin Cummings
Song: 4 by Edward Estlin Cummings
Sonnet - Realities: 1 by Edward Estlin Cummings
To Delia: 37 by Samuel Daniel
The Magnetic Mountain: 32 by Cecil Day Lewis
The Listeners by Walter John De La Mare
Miss Loo by Walter John De La Mare
Napoleon by Walter John De La Mare
Old Shellover by Walter John De La Mare
Old Susan by Walter John De La Mare
The Song Of The Mad Prince by Walter John De La Mare
Buckdancer's Choice by James Dickey
The Heaven Of Animals by James Dickey
After Great Pain A Formal Feeling Comes by Emily Dickinson
The Chariot by Emily Dickinson
Dying by Emily Dickinson
Exclusion by Emily Dickinson
The Heart Asks Pleasure First by Emily Dickinson
In The Garden (1) by Emily Dickinson
Indian Summer by Emily Dickinson
Parting by Emily Dickinson
There's A Certain Slant Of Light by Emily Dickinson
Ars Victrix (imitated From Theophile Gautier) by Henry Austin Dobson
A Kiss by Henry Austin Dobson
Urceus Exit; Triolet by Henry Austin Dobson
The Anniversary [anniversarie] by John Donne
The Canonization by John Donne
The Ecstasy [extasie] by John Donne
Elegy: 19. To His Mistress Going To Bed by John Donne
The Funeral by John Donne
Holy Sonnet: 7 by John Donne
Hymn To God My God, In My Sickness by John Donne
A Nocturnal Upon St. Lucy's Day, Being The Shortest Day by John Donne
The Relic by John Donne
Song by John Donne
The Sun Rising by John Donne
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning by John Donne
A Valediction: Of Weeping by John Donne
Oread by Hilda Doolittle
The Pool by Hilda Doolittle
Sea Rose by Hilda Doolittle
Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae by Ernest Dowson
Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetat Incohare by Ernest Dowson
Idea: 6 by Michael Drayton
Chorus On The New Years [or, Chorus To The Gods, Or, Song] by John Dryden
Macflecknoe; Or, A Satire Upon The True-blue-protestant Poet by John Dryden
A Song For St. Cecilia's Day by John Dryden
Thought Wise by John Dryden
To The Memory Of Mr. Oldham by John Dryden
We Wear The Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Passages: 13. The Fire by Robert Duncan
Passages: 25. Uprising by Robert Duncan
Four Quartets: Burnt Norton by Thomas Stearns Eliot
The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock by Thomas Stearns Eliot
Sweeney Among The Nightingales by Thomas Stearns Eliot
The Waste Land (1-5, Complete) by Thomas Stearns Eliot
Whispers Of Immortality by Thomas Stearns Eliot
Brahma by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Concord Hymn; Sung At Completion Of Concord Monument, 1836 by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Days by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Grace by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Problem by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Rhodora: On Being Asked, Whence Is The Flower? by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Snow-storm by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Terminus by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ignorance Of Death by William Empson
Villanelle by William Empson
A Nocturnal Reverie by Anne Finch
Additional Stanza To Take, O Take Those Lips Away by John Fletcher
The Indian Burying Ground by Philip Freneau
Acquainted With The Night by Robert Frost
After Apple Picking by Robert Frost
Birches by Robert Frost
Come In by Robert Frost
The Death Of The Hired Man by Robert Frost
Design by Robert Frost
Fire And Ice by Robert Frost
The Gift Outright by Robert Frost
The Hill Wife: Loneliness by Robert Frost
Mending Wall by Robert Frost
The Most Of It by Robert Frost
The Need Of Being Versed In Country Things by Robert Frost
Neither Out Far Nor In Deep by Robert Frost
Never Again Would Birds' Song Be The Same by Robert Frost
Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost
Provide, Provide by Robert Frost
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Spring Pools by Robert Frost
Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
Howl; For Carl Solomon by Allen Ginsberg
The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith
Stanzas On Woman by Oliver Goldsmith
Richard Roe And John Doe by Robert Ranke Graves
Sick Love by Robert Ranke Graves
To Juan At The Winter Solstice by Robert Ranke Graves
Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray
Ode On A Distant Prospect Of Eton College by Thomas Gray
Ode On The Death Of A Favourite Cat, Drowned In A Tub by Thomas Gray
O Wha's The Bride? by Christopher Murray Grieve
Parley Of Beasts by Christopher Murray Grieve
From The Wave by Thomson William Gunn
On The Move by Thomson William Gunn
Afterwards by Thomas Hardy
Channel Firing by Thomas Hardy
The Convergence Of The Twain; Lines On Loss Of The Titanic by Thomas Hardy
The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy
Drummer Hodge by Thomas Hardy
Hap by Thomas Hardy
In Time Of 'the Breaking Of Nations' by Thomas Hardy
Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy
The Oxen by Thomas Hardy
The Ruined Maid by Thomas Hardy
The Voice by Thomas Hardy
The Ballad Of Sue Ellen Westerfield by Robert Earl Hayden
Those Winter Sundays by Robert Earl Hayden
Bogland; For T.p. Flanagan by Seamus Heaney
The Harvest Bow by Seamus Heaney
North by Seamus Heaney
The Skunk by Seamus Heaney
Invictus by William Ernest Henley
The Collar by George Herbert
Discipline by George Herbert
Easter Wings by George Herbert
Jordan (1) by George Herbert
Life [and The Flowers] by George Herbert
Love (3) by George Herbert
The Pulley by George Herbert
The Temper (1) by George Herbert
Virtue [or, Vertue] by George Herbert
The Argument Of His Book by Robert Herrick
Corinna's Going A-maying by Robert Herrick
Delight In Disorder by Robert Herrick
His Prayer To Ben Jonson by Robert Herrick
The Night-piece: To Julia by Robert Herrick
An Ode For Him by Robert Herrick
To Daffodils by Robert Herrick
To The Virgins, To Make Much Of Time by Robert Herrick
Upon Julia's Clothes by Robert Herrick
Funeral Music by Geoffrey Hill
Ovid In The Third Reich by Geoffrey Hill
September Song by Geoffrey Hill
The Chambered Nautilus by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Last Leaf by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Old Ironsides by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Abyss by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Felix Randal by Gerard Manley Hopkins
God's Grandeur by Gerard Manley Hopkins
The Habit Of Perfection by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Heaven-haven; A Nun Takes The Veil by Gerard Manley Hopkins
My Own Heart Let Me More Have Pity On; Let by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Pied Beauty by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Spring And Fall: To A Young Child by Gerard Manley Hopkins
The Windhover: To Christ Our Lord by Gerard Manley Hopkins
A Shropshire Lad: 19. To An Athlete Dying Young by Alfred Edward Housman
A Shropshire Lad: 2 by Alfred Edward Housman
A Shropshire Lad: 31 by Alfred Edward Housman
A Shropshire Lad: 4. Reveille by Alfred Edward Housman
A Shropshire Lad: 54 by Alfred Edward Housman
A Shropshire Lad: 62 by Alfred Edward Housman
Crow's First Lesson by Edward James Hughes
Hawk Roosting by Edward James Hughes
That Moment by Edward James Hughes
Widdop by Edward James Hughes
Wodwo by Edward James Hughes
Morning After by James Langston Hughes
The Negro Speaks Of Rivers by James Langston Hughes
The Weary Blues by James Langston Hughes
Hurt Hawks by Robinson Jeffers
The Purse-seine by Robinson Jeffers
On The Death Of Dr. Robert Levet, A Practiser In Physic by Samuel (1709-1784) Johnson
The Vanity Of Human Wishes; The 10th Satire Of Juvenal, Imitated by Samuel (1709-1784) Johnson
Epitaph On Elizabeth, L.h. by Ben Jonson
Epitaph On S. P., A Child Of Queen Elizabeth's Chapel by Ben Jonson
Hymn To Diana [or, The Moon-goddess] by Ben Jonson
On My First Daughter by Ben Jonson
On My First Son by Ben Jonson
Simplex Munditiis by Ben Jonson
Song: To Celia by Ben Jonson
To John Donne (1) by Ben Jonson
To The Memory Of My Beloved Master William Shakespeare by Ben Jonson
To The Reader by Ben Jonson
Volpone: To Celia by Ben Jonson
The Eve Of St. Agnes by John Keats
La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats
Last Sonnet (revised Version) by John Keats
Ode On A Grecian Urn by John Keats
Ode On Melancholy by Joh...
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