The Classic Hundred Poems
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (715 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231112599 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Customer said To Strive, to Seek, to Find, and not to Yield. Hallelujah! I found an anthology of poetry that is actually helpful to the high school student! Nearly every poem an English teacher has ever mentioned is in this book, making it easy to get to know these poems. I have an older copy (1990 I think) and it is indispe. W. Allison said Useful Anthology. Most small anthologies only contain a couple of poems you would want to look up. This one is full of poems that are frequently refered to, which makes this a good reference work. The short commentary with each poem provides some historical context or helpful inform. "Great collection of favorites" according to A Customer. This was an enlightening look at some classic poems that I was already familiar with, and a number of new ones. The editor's notes about the poet and poem were very helpful. I also like another poetry anthology, "Poetry for a Lifetime", which has a much larger sele
The Classic Hundred is fascinating, and I have much enjoyed just turning pages. The poems are charmingly presented by a very perspicacious host and poet, William Harmon. William Harmon's comments on the poems are just right: bright, brief, and appreciative." (Richard Wilbur) . (Robert Creeley)"It's fascinating to open this book and discover which poems have been favored over the years
The revised edition is arranged chronologically, and features new commentary and notes on verse form, as well as an index of the poems in order of popularity, notes on words and proper names, and a bibliography for each poet and each poem. A glossary of terms, author index, and index of titles and first lines are also included.From Keats' "To Autumn," now ranked as the number-one poem in this collection, to George Herbert's "Virtue," in the hundredth spot, every poem is illuminated by Harmon's informative notes. From Shakespeare to Dickinson to Frost, from sonnets to odes to villanelles, William Harmon's Classic Hundred Poems offers a feast for poetry lovers.This book updates the first edition by presenting the new top one hundred poems, nineteen of which were not in the first edition. With insights into the historical period in which each poem was written, the verse form used, and connections among poems, this is the ideal introduction to poetry, as well as a treasury for the dedicated reader.. Here in one volume are the top one hundred poems, as determined by a survey of more than 1,000 anthologiesthe poems in English most frequently anthologized, the poems with the broadest, most enduring appeal
William Harmon is the James Gordon Hanes Professor of English at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the editor of The Top 500 Poems (Columbia), The Oxford Book of American Light Verse, and recent editions of A Handbook to Literature, and the author of several volumes of poetry, including winners of the Lamont Award and the William Carl