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Sep 06

Poem of the Week: Annabel Lee

Annabel Lee is the last complete poem composed by American author and poet Edgar Allen Poe. Like many of Poe's poems, it explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman. The narrator, who fell in love with Annabel Lee when they were young, has a love for her so strong that even angels [...]

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Aug 15

Poem of the Week: Auguries of Innocence by William Blake

Auguries of Innocence is a poem written by William Blake in 1803 (but not published until 1863). It contains a series of paradoxes which speak of innocence juxtaposed with evil and corruption. The poem is 132 lines and has been published with and without breaks that divide the poem into stanzas. The lines "Some are born [...]

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Aug 08

Poem of the Week: After Apple Picking

In After Apple Picking, Robert Frost takes an ordinary experience and transforms it into a meditative moment, a philosophical musing. Everybody knows the feeling of satisfaction and sleepiness after a long day’s work. This is how the speaker in the poem is feeling now. He is exhausted because he has worked so long and so hard. [...]

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Jul 30

Poem of the Week: A Dream Within a Dream

A Dream Within a Dream, first published in 1849, reflects Edgar Allen Poe's feelings about his life at the time, dramatizing his confusion in watching the few precious things in his life slip away. The reference to "golden sand" in the poem is an image derived from the 1848 discovery of gold in California. [ad#greatbooks]

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