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Great American Poetry: 3 Centuries of Classics

Great American Poetry: 3 Centuries of Classics

Helen Gahagan Douglas
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Poetry is performance art. The performances in this collection of 33 of America's most cherished poems by 14 of the most influential poets including Anne Bradstreet, Longfellow, Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson, and Sidney Lanier will open your ears and your heart to great themes of the land, the people, love, and life's meaning.

From Anne Bradstreet to Stephen Crane, here are 14 of America's best poets.

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Table of Contents:

- - - - SIDE: 1 - - - -

Anne Bradstreet
To My Dear and Loving Husband -
Contemplation 8 -

Edward Taylor
Upon what Base was Fixed the Lath -
Huswifery -

Philip Freneau
The Indian Burying Ground -

William Cullen Bryant
The Prairies -

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Children's Hour -
The Skeleton in Armor -

- - - - SIDE: 2 - - - -

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Hiawatha's Wooing -

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hamatreya -
The Snow Storm -
Give All to Love -
Brahma -
Terminus -

John Greenleaf Whittier
Barbara Frietchie -

- - - - SIDE: 3 - - - -

John Greenleaf Whittier
Snow-Bound -

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
The Deacon's Masterpiece, or The Wonderful "One-Hhoss Shay" -
Old Ironsides -

Walt Whitman
A Child Said What is the Grass? -
When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer -

Herman Melville
The Maldive Shark -
Billy in the Darbies -

- - - - SIDE: 4 - - - -

Emily Dickinson
The Soul Selects Her Own Society -
Hope is the Thing with Feathers -
I'm Nobody. Who are You? -
I'll Tell You How the Sun Rose -
I Reason Earth is Short -
I Died for Beauty -
Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers -
My Life Closed Twice -

Joaquin Miller
Kit Carson's Ride -

Sidney Lanier
The Marshes of Glynn -

Stephen Crane
Nine Poems from War is Kind -

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First Published in the USA by Caedmon in 1962

2 Audio Cassettes / 1 Hours 45 mins

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Language
English
Pages
2
Format
Audio Cassette
Release
January 01, 1962
ISBN 13
9780945353775

Great American Poetry: 3 Centuries of Classics

Helen Gahagan Douglas
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Poetry is performance art. The performances in this collection of 33 of America's most cherished poems by 14 of the most influential poets including Anne Bradstreet, Longfellow, Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson, and Sidney Lanier will open your ears and your heart to great themes of the land, the people, love, and life's meaning.

From Anne Bradstreet to Stephen Crane, here are 14 of America's best poets.

---------------------------------------------------------

Table of Contents:

- - - - SIDE: 1 - - - -

Anne Bradstreet
To My Dear and Loving Husband -
Contemplation 8 -

Edward Taylor
Upon what Base was Fixed the Lath -
Huswifery -

Philip Freneau
The Indian Burying Ground -

William Cullen Bryant
The Prairies -

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Children's Hour -
The Skeleton in Armor -

- - - - SIDE: 2 - - - -

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Hiawatha's Wooing -

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hamatreya -
The Snow Storm -
Give All to Love -
Brahma -
Terminus -

John Greenleaf Whittier
Barbara Frietchie -

- - - - SIDE: 3 - - - -

John Greenleaf Whittier
Snow-Bound -

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
The Deacon's Masterpiece, or The Wonderful "One-Hhoss Shay" -
Old Ironsides -

Walt Whitman
A Child Said What is the Grass? -
When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer -

Herman Melville
The Maldive Shark -
Billy in the Darbies -

- - - - SIDE: 4 - - - -

Emily Dickinson
The Soul Selects Her Own Society -
Hope is the Thing with Feathers -
I'm Nobody. Who are You? -
I'll Tell You How the Sun Rose -
I Reason Earth is Short -
I Died for Beauty -
Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers -
My Life Closed Twice -

Joaquin Miller
Kit Carson's Ride -

Sidney Lanier
The Marshes of Glynn -

Stephen Crane
Nine Poems from War is Kind -

---------------------------------------------------------

First Published in the USA by Caedmon in 1962

2 Audio Cassettes / 1 Hours 45 mins

~
Language
English
Pages
2
Format
Audio Cassette
Release
January 01, 1962
ISBN 13
9780945353775

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