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The 2004 AQA Anthology was a collection of poems and short texts. The anthology was split into several sections covering poems from other cultures, the poetry of Seamus Heaney, [4] Gillian Clarke, Carol Ann Duffy and Simon Armitage, and a bank of pre-1914 poems. There was also a section of prose pieces, which could have been studied in schools ...
The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry by Cleanth Brooks and Paul Rand. Harcourt, Brace 1975 ISBN 9780156957052 "Review of Poems, in Two Volumes by Francis Jeffrey, in Edinburgh Review, pp. 214–231, vol. XI, October 1807 – January 1808; Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 in audio on Poetry Foundation
The list of poems by Philip Larkin come mostly from the four volumes of poetry published during his lifetime: [1] [2] The North Ship (July 1945) The Less Deceived (November 1955, dated October) The Whitsun Weddings (February 1964) High Windows (June 1974) Philip Larkin (1922–1985) also published other poems.
His awards included the 1997 Paul Hamlyn Award for Poetry, [6] the Cholmondeley Award in 2004 and the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2012. [1] In November 2021 he became the first poet to be awarded BookTrust's Lifetime Achievement Award. [7] [8] Agard was poet-in-residence at the National Maritime Museum in 2008.
The Visionary Company: A Reading of English Romantic Poetry. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993. Hall, Spencer. "Power and the Poet: Religious Mythmaking in Shelley's 'Hymn to Intellectual Beauty'." Keats-Shelley Journal, Vol. 32, (1983), pp. 123–149. Isomaki, Richard. "Interpretation and Value in 'Mont Blanc' and 'Hymn to Intellectual ...
He created Poetry Live to engage 15-16 year old students with the texts they were being asked to study as part of their GCSE English Literature course. The original 1990s Poetry Live tour consisted of 50 events, with an audience of around 75,000 students, [ 2 ] and grew to an average audience of 100,000 students a year by 2008.
"Half-Caste" is a poem by Guyanese poet John Agard that looks at people's ideas and usage of the term "half-caste", a derogatory term for people of multiracial descent. The poem is included within Agard's 2005 collection of the same name, in which he explores a range of issues affecting black and mixed-race identity in the UK.
The Falling Leaves by Margaret Postgate-Cole Today, as I rode by, I saw the brown leaves dropping from their tree In a still afternoon, When no wind whirled them whistling to the sky, But thickly, silently, They fell, like snowflakes wiping out the noon; And wandered slowly thence For thinking of a gallant multitude Which now all withering lay, Slain by no wind of age or pestilence, But in ...