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Tables of Contents for Poetry for Students
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Guest Foreword ``Just a Few Lines on a Page''
x
David J. Kelly
Introduction
xii
Literary Chronology
xv
Acknowledgments
xvii
Contributors
xix
Anorexic
1
15
Eavan Boland
Author Biography
2
1
Poem Text
2
1
Poem Summary
3
2
Themes
5
2
Style
7
1
Historical Context
7
2
Critical Overview
9
1
Criticism
10
6
An Arundel Tomb
16
13
Philip Larkin
Author Biography
17
1
Poem Text
17
1
Poem Summary
18
1
Themes
19
2
Style
21
1
Historical Context
21
2
Critical Overview
23
1
Criticism
24
5
The Base Stealer
29
14
Robert Francis
Author Biography
30
1
Poem Text
30
1
Poem Summary
30
1
Themes
31
1
Style
32
1
Historical Context
33
2
Critical Overview
35
1
Criticism
35
8
The Czar's Last Christmas Letter. A Barn in the Urals
43
12
Norman Dubie
Author Biography
44
1
Poem Text
44
1
Poem Summary
45
2
Themes
47
1
Style
47
1
Historical Context
48
1
Critical Overview
49
1
Criticism
50
5
Filling Station
55
22
Elizabeth Bishop
Author Biography
56
1
Poem Text
57
1
Poem Summary
57
1
Themes
58
2
Style
60
1
Historical Context
60
2
Critical Overview
62
1
Criticism
63
14
For Jean Vincent D'abbadie, Baron St.-Castin
77
14
Alden Nowlan
Author Biography
78
1
Poem Text
78
1
Poem Summary
78
2
Themes
80
1
Style
81
1
Historical Context
82
1
Critical Overview
83
1
Criticism
84
7
A Grafted Tongue
91
13
John Montague
Author Biography
92
1
Poem Text
92
1
Poem Summary
93
1
Themes
94
1
Style
95
1
Historical Context
96
2
Critical Overview
98
1
Criticism
98
6
Having a Coke with You
104
15
Frank O'Hara
Author Biography
105
1
Poem Text
105
1
Poem Summary
106
1
Themes
107
1
Style
108
1
Historical Context
108
1
Critical Overview
109
1
Criticism
109
10
Hope Is a Tattered Flag
119
14
Carl Sandburg
Author Biography
120
1
Poem Text
120
1
Poem Summary
121
1
Themes
122
1
Style
123
1
Historical Context
123
1
Critical Overview
124
1
Criticism
125
8
The Lamb
133
15
William Blake
Author Biography
133
1
Poem Text
134
1
Poem Summary
135
2
Themes
137
1
Style
138
1
Historical Context
138
1
Critical Overview
139
1
Criticism
140
8
maggie and milly and molly and may (by e. e. cummings)
148
20
Author Biography
149
1
Poem Text
149
1
Poem Summary
150
2
Themes
152
1
Style
153
1
Historical Context
154
2
Critical Overview
156
1
Criticism
156
12
My Mother Pieced Quilts
168
16
Teresa Palomo Acosta
Author Biography
168
1
Poem Text
169
1
Poem Summary
169
2
Themes
171
2
Style
173
1
Historical Context
173
2
Critical Overview
175
1
Criticism
175
9
On Freedom's Ground
184
17
Richard Wilbur
Author Biography
185
1
Poem Text
186
1
Poem Summary
187
3
Themes
190
1
Style
191
1
Historical Context
192
2
Critical Overview
194
1
Criticism
194
7
The Rape of the Lock
201
26
Alexander Pope
Author Biography
202
1
Poem Text
202
7
Poem Summary
209
5
Themes
214
1
Style
215
1
Historical Context
216
1
Critical Overview
217
1
Criticism
218
9
A Tall Man Executes a Jig
227
13
Irving Layton
Author Biography
228
1
Poem Text
228
1
Poem Summary
229
4
Themes
233
1
Style
234
1
Historical Context
235
1
Critical Overview
235
1
Criticism
236
4
Wilderness Gothic (by Al Purdy)
240
21
Author Biography
241
1
Poem Text
241
1
Poem Summary
242
1
Themes
243
1
Style
244
1
Historical Context
245
1
Critical Overview
246
1
Criticism
246
15
Author/Title Index
261
6
Cumulative Nationality/Ethnicity Index
267
4
Subject/Theme Index
271
6
Cumulative Index of First Lines
277
4
Cumulative Index of Last Lines
281