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Book SynopsisNow in its second edition, The Classic Hundred Poems presents the most anthologized poems in the English language in chronological order. Complete with detailed, informative notes; bibliographic information on poems and poets; a glossary of terms; and author, title, and first line indexes, The Classic Hundred Poems is a treasured resource for students, teachers, and poetry enthusiasts.
Trade ReviewThe Classic Hundred is fascinating, and I have much enjoyed just turning pages... [The poems are] charmingly presented by a very perspicacious host and poet, William Harmon. -- Robert Creeley "It's fascinating to open this book and discover which... poems have been favored over the years... William Harmon's comments on the poems are just right: bright, brief, and appreciative." -- Richard Wilbur
Table of ContentsPreface Anonymous Sir Thomas Wyatt Sir Walter Ralegh Sir Philip Sidney Christopher Marlowe William Shakespeare John Donne Ben Jonson Robert Herrick George Herbert Thomas Carew Edmund Waller John Milton Sir John Suckling Richard Lovelace Andrew Marvell Henry Vaughan Thomas Gray William Blake Robert Burns William Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron Percy Bysshe Shelley John Keats Elizabeth Barrett Browning Edgar Allan Poe Alfred, Lord Tennyson Robert Browning Arthur Hugh Clough Julia Ward Howe Matthew Arnold Emily Dickinson Lewis Carroll Thomas Hardy Gerard Manley Hopkins William Butler Yeats Ernest Dowson Edwin Arlington Robinson Walter de la Mare Robert Frost T.S. Elliot Wilfred Owen W. H. Auden Theodore Roethke Randall Jarrell Dylan Thomas Notes on the Poems Glossary of Technical Terms Further Reading The Poems in Order of Popularity Index of Poets Index of Titles and First Lines Acknowledgments
