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A poetry collection is often a compilation of several poems by one poet to be published in a single volume or chapbook. A collection can include any number of poems, ranging from a few (e.g. the four long poems in T. S. Eliot 's Four Quartets ) to several hundred poems (as is often seen in collections of haiku ).
The book begins with a reader thinking about colors or animals that they know, like birds, or horses, but as quickly as page three he asks the reader to think of something completely made up; a GUFF. A Guff is a sort of puffy fluff. Next, he thinks up a dessert. Of all the made up things in this image the focus is on the dessert.
The Something Like… series is a collection of books by Jay Bell, each written from a different character’s perspective that began in 2011. The plots intertwine at key points while also venturing off in new directions. [1] The series has won a number of awards, [2] with the first book Something Like Summer being given a
Byas’ poetry collection, “I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times” (Soft Skull, $16.95) — winner of the 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award — borrowed some scaffolding from the 1978 musical “The ...
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings by Abolqasem Ferdowsi; The Shape of Things to Come by H.G. Wells; The Shattered Thigh and Other Plays by Bhāsa; She by H. Rider Haggard; Shirley by Charlotte Brontë; The Shooting Party by Anton Chekhov; A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolomé de Las Casas; A Short History of the ...
Requiem is often said to have no clearly definable plot but has many themes which carry throughout the entire poem. [7] One of the most important themes that also stands as part of the title is the theme of "A poem without a hero". [7] [9] Throughout the entire cycle and the many poems within, there is no hero that comes to the rescue. It is ...
The title is apparently taken from Hebrews 11:1, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" in the King James Version of the Bible. The book was originally released in 2002 by Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group, but was re-released in 2006 as a platinum edition by Puffin. The platinum edition ...
The poems are "Do not go gentle into that good night", by Dylan Thomas (1914–1953) and "Crossing the Bar" by Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892). Ky spies Cassia reading the poems, and helps her memorize the contents before destroying the paper. As Cassia and Ky spend more time together, they begin to develop feelings for each other.