Poetry Classics

By SparkNotes

SparkNotes Poetry Classics is a one-stop guide to 16 of the greatest poets in the English language and their most significant poems - some of the most remarkable masterpieces of Western literature. Inside, you'll find thorough, insightful overviews of the context that informs the work of each poet. Every chapter also has summaries and analyses of major poems, from Keat's "Ode on a Grecian Urn" to Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and Whitman's "Song of Myself." In most cases, we've even included the poems for easy reference. Plus we explain important themes, motifs, and symbols. Poetry Classics gives you everything you need to understand these great writers and their verse.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1411404327
• ISBN13: 9781411404328
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Sparknotes
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 8.1"