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Rich treasury of verse from the 19th and 20th centuries, selected for popularity and literary quality, includes Poe's "The Raven," Whitman's "I Hear America Singing," as well as poems by Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, and many other notables. Includes 13 ...  read more
 


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Rich treasury of verse from the 19th and 20th centuries, selected for popularity and literary quality, includes Poe's "The Raven," Whitman's "I Hear America Singing," as well as poems by Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, and many other notables. Includes 13 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
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Product Details:

ISBN 10: 0486401588
ISBN 13: 9780486401584
Author/Editor: The American Poetry & Literacy Project
Format: Book
Grade level: 9 and Up (ages 14 and up)
Page Count: 96
Dimensions: 5 3/16 x 8 1/4
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Publication date: January 1998
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