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Introduction to Poetry: Symbolism, myth, & more

ENG 3310, general poetry readings

Symbolism

Percy Bysshe Shelley - Ozymandias
Ozymandias - LibriVox audio recordings
Ozymandias by Shelley, Librivox audio recordings
Robert Frost - The Road Not Taken
The Road Not Taken
BY ROBERT FROST
Ted Kooser - Carrie
Carrie by Ted Kooser
Wallace Stevens - Anecdote of the Jar
Anecdote of the Jar
BY WALLACE STEVENS

Myth and Narrative

William Wordsworth - The World is Too Much With Us
W. H. Auden - Musee des Beaux Arts
Harper's Magazine article about Musée des Beaux Arts
Auden’s Musée des Beaux Arts
By Scott Horton
from Browsings, the Harper's blog
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Paul Revere's Ride
The Landlord's Tale; Paul Revere's Ride
William Butler Yeats - The Second Coming
The Second Coming
BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
Anne Sexton - Cinderella
Anne Sexton, "Cinderella"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson - The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Charge of the Light Brigade
BY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON

Personal Identity

Sylvia Plath - Lady Lazarus
Lady Lazarus
BY SYLVIA PLATH
Rhina P. Espaillat - Bilangual/Bilingüe
Bilingual/Bilingüe
BY RHINA P. ESPAILLAT
Sherman Alexie - The Powwow at the End of the World
The Powwow at the End of the World
BY SHERMAN ALEXIE
William Cullen Bryant - Thanatopsis
Thanatopsis
BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
e. e. cummings - [little tree]
[little tree]
BY E. E. CUMMINGS
[little tree] - LibriVox audio recording
[little tree] by cummings - LibriVox audio recording
W. H. Auden - Funeral Blues
Funeral Blues by Auden

Charge of the Light Brigade

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