The poets in this collection range from Homer and Sappho to Edna St. Vincent Millay and Langston Hughes with an emphasis on the poetry of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman. Each poem is accompanied by a short biography of the poet. There are also short essays on Dickinson and Whitman, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Imagist Movement. A glossary of terms is also included.
The poets in this collection range from Homer and Sappho to Edna St. Vincent Millay and Langston Hughes with an emphasis on the poetry of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman. Each poem is accompanied by a short biography of the poet. There are also short essays on Dickinson and Whitman, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Imagist Movement. A glossary of terms is also included.
