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2) Walt Whitman
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An illustrated collection of twenty-six poems and excerpts from longer poems by the renowned nineteenth-century poet.
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Born in Massachusetts in 1830, Emily Dickinson composed over 1770 poems; but apart from her closest friends, no-one knew she was writing at all. Only after her death was her astonishing output discovered and published. A reclusive figure for much of her life, few could have imagined the range of her subjects, the intensity of her imagination or the powerful delicacy of her writing. Emily Dickinson is one of America's greatest writers. This selection
...6) Robert Frost
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"Kids will discover the poetry of Robert Frost in this installment in the Poetry for Kids series. Professor, poet, novelist, and Frost biographer Jay Parini has carefully chosen 35 poems of interest to children and their families, including "Mending Wall, " "Birches, " "The Road Not Taken, " "Fire and Ice, " "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, " and many more of Frost's favorite and most accessible works"--
10) Robert Browning
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Introduce Children to the lyrical poems of Robert Browning, accompanied here by spectacular color, illustrations commissioned for this volume. One of the greatest poets of all time, Browning dramatizes the thoughts and feelings of his characters, revealing powerful desires and emotions, inner struggles, and moral conflicts.
11) Carl Sandburg
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Presents a collection of poems by the beloved American author who, as a young man, travelled across the Midwest as a hobo.