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What is beauty? Can it only be viewed in physical form, or can it be something deeper, an idea or feeling? Perhaps there is no better way to explore these questions of beauty than through poetry. Author Sheila Griffin Llanas discusses eight poems and poets, with chapters on William Shakespeare, Phillis Wheatley, Edgar Allan Poe, and five others. Accompanied by biographical information on the poet and end-of-chapter questions for further study, Llanas closely examines each poem, including detailed analysis of form, content, poetic technique, and theme, encouraging readers to develop the tools to understand and appreciate poetry.

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Each of these compact poetry anthologies focuses on one theme (beauty, death, and love, respectively), and discusses eight representative works per topic. A fourth title features nature-themed poems. Poetry selections are largely familiar, like ""She Walks in Beauty"" and ""Annabel Lee"" from Beauty; Love's ""How Do I Love Thee!"" and ""Sonnet 130""; or Death's ""The Charge of the Light Brigade"" and ""Death, Be Not Proud.""

Each of these compact poetry anthologies focuses on one theme (beauty, death, and love, respectively), and discusses eight representative works per topic. A fourth title features nature-themed poems. Poetry selections are largely familiar, like She Walks in Beauty and Annabel Lee from Beauty; Love's How Do I Love Thee! and Sonnet 130; or Death's The Charge of the Light Brigade and Death, Be Not Proud.

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