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Young

Listen to “Young” by Anne Sexton Learn more about Anne Sexton (1928-1974): Sexton’s life and career (Poetry Foundation) Brief biography of Sexton (Modern American Poetry HP) Anne Sexton’s scrapbook, created at the age of 16 (Poetry Foundation)

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Filling Station

Listen to “Filling Station” by Elizabeth Bishop From Questions of Travel (1965)

Download Poems by Bishop, Lowell, Sexton and Plath (PDF file 90 KB) Learn more about Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979): Bishop’s life and work (Poetry Foundation) Commentary on “Filling Station” (Modern American Poetry) “Filling Station: Analysis” (Encyclopedia.com)

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The Old Flame

Listen to “The Old Flame” by Robert Lowell

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Cinderella

Listen to “Cinderella” by Sylvia Plath

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The Emperor of Ice-Cream

Listen to “The Emperor of Ice-Cream” by Wallace Stevens Published in Harmonium (1922)

Learn more about Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) A profile of Wallace Stevens from the Poetry Foundation His life with commentary on his poems (Modern American Poetry HP) The Wallace Stevens Walk in Hartford, Connecticut

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The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter

Listen to “The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter” by Ezra Pound Published in Cathay: Translations (1915)

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Preludes

Listen to “Preludes” by T.S. Eliot Published in 1917

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A London Thoroughfare, 2 A.M.

Published in Sword Blades and Poppy Seeds (New York, 1919). Listen to “A London Thoroughfare, 2 A.M.” by Amy Lowell:

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The Fisherman’s Wife

Published in Pictures of the Floating World (New York, 1919). Listen to Amy Lowell’s poem “The Fisherman’s Wife”:

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Oread

Published in The New Poetry: An Anthology (1917). Listen to “Oread” by H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) Learn more about H.D. [Hilda Doolittle] (1886-1961) Her life along with commentary on her poems (Modern American Poetry HP)

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Heat

Published in The Second Book of Modern Verse (1919). Listen to “Heat” by H.D. (Hilda Doolittle):

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The Great Figure

Published in Sour Grapes (1921). Listen to William Carlos Williams’ poem “The Great Figure”:

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The Red Wheelbarrow

Published in Spring and All (Paris, 1923). Listen to William Carlos Williams’ poem “The Red Wheelbarrow”:

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In a Station of the Metro

First published in Poetry (April, 1913). Listen to Ezra Pound’s poem “In a Station of the Metro”:

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Richard Cory

Listen to “Richard Cory” (1897) by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Learn more about Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935): “Edwin Arlington Robinson is poetry. I can think of no other living writer who has so consistently dedicated his life to his work.” – Amy Lowell Robinson is considered unique among American poets of his time for his…

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Miniver Cheevy

Listen to “Miniver Cheevy” (1907) by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

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Sympathy

Listen to “Sympathy” (1899) by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Learn more about Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906): Paul Laurence Dunbar was one the first influential black poets in American literature. He enjoyed his greatest popularity in the early twentieth century following the publication of dialectic verse in collections such as Majors and Minors and Lyrics of…

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We Wear the Mask

Listen to “We Wear the Mask” (1896) by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Learn more about Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906): Paul Laurence Dunbar was one the first influential black poets in American literature. He enjoyed his greatest popularity in the early twentieth century following the publication of dialectic verse in collections such as Majors and Minors…

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