101 Great American Poems

The American Poetry and Literacy Project

ISBN 10: 0486401588 / ISBN 13: 9780486401584

Published by Dover, 1998

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. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 80 pages. Item Type: Book. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No inscriptions. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Poetry; . ISBN: 0486401588. ISBN/EAN: 9780486401584. Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 021954. Seller Inventory # 021954

Bibliographic Details

Title: 101 Great American Poems

Publisher: Dover

Publication Date: 1998

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

Rich treasury of verse from 19th and 20th centuries, selected for popularity and literary quality, includes Poe’s "The Raven," Whitman’s "I Hear America Singing," as well as poems by Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, T S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, many other notables.

From the Back Cover:

Focusing on popular verse from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this treasury of great American poems offers a taste of the nation's rich poetic legacy. Selected for both popularity and literary quality, the compilation includes Robert Frost's "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening," Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing," and Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Concord Hymn," as well as poems by Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, and many other notables.
Chosen by the non-profit organization American Poetry & Literacy Project, these much-loved verses include 13 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative: "Casey at the Bat," "Fog," "The New Colossus," "Chicago," "I, Too, Sing America," "O Captain! My Captain!," "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Road Not Taken," "The Raven," "Because I Could Not Stop for Death," "Mending Wall," "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," and "The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter."