Bibliograph

Death poetry, "Death, be not proud", Stephanie Buckwalter

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Label

Death poetry, "Death, be not proud", Stephanie Buckwalter

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Death poetry

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Stephanie Buckwalter

Series statement

Pure Poetry

Sub title

"Death, be not proud"

Summary

Is death the end, or a new beginning? Should it be feared, or embraced? Or is it simply a ceasing to exist? What better way to examine this great unknown than through poetry. Author Stephanie Buckwalter explores eight poems and poets, with chapters on John Donne, Emily Bronte, Walt Whitman, and five others. Accompanied by biographical information on the poet and end-of-chapter questions for further study, Buckwalter unravels each poem, including detailed analysis of form, content, poetic technique, and theme, encouraging readers to develop the tools to understand and appreciate poetry

Target audience

juvenile

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