The Norton Anthology of Poetry

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A former vice president of the Poetry Society of America, she has also served as poetry editor of The New Republic. She is the author of Dido's Daughters: Literacy, Gender, and Empire in Early Modern England and France ( 2003) and Trials of Desire: Renaissance Defenses of Poetry (1984).

She is author of Dido's Daughters: Literacy, Gender, and Empire in Early Modern England and France (2003) and Trials of Desire: Renaissance Defenses of Poetry (1984). D. HOPE Adieu Alabaster Chambers Amor Mundi 1171 Availeth 1104 Dipsychus Burns 750 Written Canto Child count D. For example, the inclusion of Bob Dylan (whose " Boots of Spanish Leather" was anthologized before he won the Nobel Prize in Literature) was cited as evidence of the acceptance of his credentials as a poet. Listening to the poems being read adds a fascinating human element to the experience, prompting questions such as What do the poets sound like?

This is a really fine family anthology: just leave it around in the house and see how often everyone, not just the children, turns to it. Shenandoah, Frère Jacques, Pop Goes the Weasel, Rock a Bye Baby, Home on the Range: even the ones in languages I don’t know work like spells.

Certain concrete poems are X-rated, but if acrobatic acrostics and saucy experiments with form tickle your fancy, this is just the book for a weekend of Latin love. These innovations make the Norton Anthology an even better teaching tool and an unmatched value for students.

Since childhood, in my loneliest or most tumultuous hours, I have found solace in identifying the perfect poem for the moment.