Poetry Study and teaching

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The sacred words : the elements of poetry -- PN61.5 .S23 1992

The role of poetry for culture and the individual is suggested through visual essays, which include poetry readings as well as dramatizations. An interview with James Dickey includes his reading and analysis of his poems "The Performance" and "The Lifeguard."

A sense of peace : setting and character in poetry -- PN61.5 .S46 1992

The historical settings of "My Last Duchess," "Theme for English B," and "Dover Beach" convey much about the characters and ideas of these poems. The New England landscapes of Maxine Kumin echo the themes of her poetry.

Tools of the trade : words and images in poetry -- PN61.5 .T66 1992

Poetry readings, visualizations of poems and an interview with Lucille Clifton, who reads two of her favorite poems, "This Morning" and "Homage to My Hips," reveal the beauty and the workings of poetic language and imagery.

Seeing anew : rhetorical figures in poetry -- PN61.5 .S44 1992

The power of metaphor, simile and other figures of speech to make the reader see in new ways becomes clear through dramatizations of Anne Bradstreet's "The Author to Her Book," Nikki Giovanni's "Woman," and Daniel Halpern's ""Snapshot of Hue." Gary Soto is interviewed, and reads and comments on his poem "Oranges."

An echo to the sense : prosody and form in poetry -- PN61.5 .E24 1992

X.J. Kennedy discusses and demonstrates the importance of rhyme and meter in his poetry. Dramatic readings of poems by Shakespeare, Dickinson and Hopkins and contemporary poets like Dudley Randall and Leonard Adam are analyzed to show how prosody and form contribute to meaning.

Distant voices : myth, symbol & allusion in poetry -- PN61.5 .D57 1992

Four poetic versions of the Icarus myth - those of Sexton, Spender, Williams and Field - are dramatized and compared. Marge Piercy discusses the role of myth in her poetry.

Artful resonance : theme in poetry -- PN61.5 .A78 1992

Dramatizations of six poems that share the same subject help clarify the difference between subject and theme. Close analysis of poems by John Donne and Donald Hall explore the interrelationship between poetic form and meaning.