Touchstones: American Poets on a Favorite PoemRobert Pack, Jay Parini In this collection, "fifty-nine of America's best poets select their favorite verse by another writer and explore its influence on their own writing."--From back cover. |
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... Mending Wall " seems to present us with a problem , and appears to urge us to choose up sides . I suspect most readers are eager to ally them- selves with the speaker , to consider the neighbor dim - witted , block- headed , and ...
... Mending Wall " seems to present us with a problem , and appears to urge us to choose up sides . I suspect most readers are eager to ally them- selves with the speaker , to consider the neighbor dim - witted , block- headed , and ...
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... mending fences " means to restore communication and neighborliness . Equally true is the notion that something doesn't love a wall . The riddle isn't a difficult one . We know that natural forces disturb those boulders , that the frozen ...
... mending fences " means to restore communication and neighborliness . Equally true is the notion that something doesn't love a wall . The riddle isn't a difficult one . We know that natural forces disturb those boulders , that the frozen ...
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... Mending Wall " is less a poem about what to think than it is a poem about what thinking is , and where it might lead . In his essay , " Education by Poetry , " Frost writes , Poetry provides the one ... Mending Wall " / Robert Frost 207.
... Mending Wall " is less a poem about what to think than it is a poem about what thinking is , and where it might lead . In his essay , " Education by Poetry , " Frost writes , Poetry provides the one ... Mending Wall " / Robert Frost 207.
Contents
John Balaban on Wulf and Eadwacer | 11 |
Rosellen Brown on Silence by Marianne Moore | 26 |
Cook on Painting by Langston Hughes | 40 |
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