The Poet of the Woods - A Collection of Poems in Ode to the Nightingale
The Poet of the Woods - A Collection of Poems in Ode to the Nightingale

Author: Various

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2021-10-20

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1528792815

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“The Poet of the Woods” is a delightful poetry collection coupled with beautiful colour illustrations, containing a selection of classic poems about nightingales, written by various authors including John Keats, John Milton, William Cowper, and many others. Featured often in British Romantic poetry and nature poetry in general, the nightingale produces a powerful and beautiful song which has inspired poets since time immemorial and continues to be a recurring symbol in literature today. A perfect gift for poetry lovers, twitchers or birdwatchers that would make for a worthy addition to any collection. Contents include: “Birds and Poets, an Essay by John Burroughs”, “The Nightingale, by W. Swaysland”, “To the Nightingale, by Countess of Winchilsea Anne Finch”, “Song by Hartley Coleridge”, “The Nightingale, by Katharine Tynan Hinkson”, “Philomel by Richard Barnfield”, “The Nightingale's Nest by John Clare”, “The Nightingale, by Mark Akenside”, “The Nightingale; A Conversational Poem, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge”, “The Nightingale's Death Song, by Felicia Dorothea Hemans”, “To the Nightingale by Ann Radcliffe”, etc. Ragged Hand is proud to be publishing this brand new collection of classic poetry now for the enjoyment of bird lovers young and old.

ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE
ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE

Author: John Keats

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2017-08-07

Total Pages: 591

ISBN-13: 8027200962

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This eBook edition of "Ode to a Nightingale" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "Ode to a Nightingale" is either the garden of the Spaniards Inn, Hampstead, London, or, according to Keats' friend Charles Armitage Brown, under a plum tree in the garden of Keats House, also in Hampstead. According to Brown, a nightingale had built its nest near his home in the spring of 1819. Inspired by the bird's song, Keats composed the poem in one day. It soon became one of his 1819 odes and was first published in Annals of the Fine Arts the following July. "Ode to a Nightingale" is a personal poem that describes Keats's journey into the state of Negative Capability. The tone of the poem rejects the optimistic pursuit of pleasure found within Keats's earlier poems and explores the themes of nature, transience and mortality, the latter being particularly personal to Keats. The nightingale described within the poem experiences a type of death but does not actually die. Instead, the songbird is capable of living through its song, which is a fate that humans cannot expect. John Keats (1795-1821) was an English Romantic poet. The poetry of Keats is characterized by sensual imagery, most notably in the series of odes. Today his poems and letters are some of the most popular and most analyzed in English literature.

Poet's Choice
Poet's Choice

Author: Edward Hirsch

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 9780151013562

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A collection of revised and expanded writings culled from the author's popular Washington Post Book World "Poet's Choice" column demonstrates how poetry responds to world challenges and introduces the work of more than 130 writers.

Nightingale
Nightingale

Author: Paisley Rekdal

Publisher: Copper Canyon Press

Published: 2019-06-18

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 1619322013

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Nightingale is a book about change. This collection radically rewrites and contemporizes many of the myths central to Ovid’s epic, The Metamorphoses, Rekdal’s characters changed not by divine intervention but by both ordinary and extraordinary human events. In Nightingale, a mother undergoes cancer treatments at the same time her daughter transitions into a son; a woman comes to painful terms with her new sexual life after becoming quadriplegic; a photographer wonders whether her art is to blame for her son’s sudden illness; and a widow falls in love with her dead husband’s dog. At the same time, however, the book includes more intimate lyrics that explore personal transformation, culminating in a series of connected poems that trace the continuing effects of sexual violence and rape on survivors. Nightingale updates many of Ovid’s subjects while remaining true to the Roman epic’s tropes of violence, dismemberment, silence, and fragmentation. Is change a physical or a spiritual act? Is transformation punishment or reward, reversible or permanent? Does metamorphosis literalize our essential traits, or change us into something utterly new? Nightingale investigates these themes, while considering the roles that pain, violence, art, and voicelessness all play in the changeable selves we present to the world.

The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems

Author: John Keats

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2003-08-28

Total Pages: 979

ISBN-13: 0141961007

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Keats’s first volume of poems, published in 1817, demonstrated both his belief in the consummate power of poetry and his liberal views. While he was criticized by many for his politics, his immediate circle of friends and family immediately recognized his genius. In his short life he proved to be one of the greatest and most original thinkers of the second generation of Romantic poets, with such poems as ‘Ode to a Nightingale’, ‘On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer’ and ‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’. While his writing is illuminated by his exaltation of the imagination and abounds with sensuous descriptions of nature’s beauty, it also explores profound philosophical questions. John Barnard’s acclaimed volume contains all the poems known to have been written by Keats, arranged by date of composition. The texts are lightly modernized and are complemented by extensive notes, a comprehensive introduction, an index of classical names, selected extracts from Keats’s letters and a number of pieces not widely available, including his annotations to Milton’s Paradise Lost.

The One in Red Cravat - A Collection of Poems in Ode to the Robin Redbreast
The One in Red Cravat - A Collection of Poems in Ode to the Robin Redbreast

Author: Various

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2021-10-20

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 1528792807

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“The One in Red Cravat” is a delightful poetry collection containing a selection of classic poems about robins, written by various authors including William Wordsworth, John Clare, William Cowper, and many others. Coupled with beautiful colour illustrations by various classic artists, this book aims to celebrate our feathery friend, the Robin Redbreast. Featured often in British Romantic poetry and nature poetry in general, the Robin is a symbol of spring song and good fortune, often representing growth, renewal, passion, or change. The perfect gift for birdwatchers, twitchers and poetry lovers who like to read out in the wilds. Contents include: “Birds and Poets, an Essay by John Burroughs”, “The Redbreast, by John Cotton”, “The Petition of the Red-Breast, by William Roscoe”, “Epitaph on a Free but Tame Redbreast, by William Cowper”, “Invitation to the Redbreast, by William Cowper”, “The Redbreast Chasing the Butterfly, by William Wordsworth”, “Robin Redbreast, by George Washington Doane”, “To the Robin, by Charles Tennyson Turner”, “The Autumn Robin, by John Clare”, “To a Redbreast, by Hannah Flagg Gould”, etc. Ragged Hand is proud to be publishing this brand new collection of classic poetry now for the enjoyment of bird lovers young and old.

King of the Night - A Collection of Poems in Ode to the Owl
King of the Night - A Collection of Poems in Ode to the Owl

Author: Various

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2021-10-20

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 1528792858

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One of the most mysterious of birds and rarely seen, it is not surprising that the owl is the focus of many poems, and that is especially true of British Romantic and nature poetry. This wonderful poetry book contains a choice selection of some of the finest owl poetry ever written in the English language by such literary greats as Alfred Tennyson, William Wordsworth, Charlotte Smith, William Shakespeare, John Gay and many others. Coupled with beautiful owl illustrations by various classic artists, “King of the Night” is the perfect gift for twitchers, bird-watchers, poetry and bird lovers alike, and would make for a worthy addition to any collection. Contents include: “Birds and Poets, an Essay by John Burroughs”, “The Western Horned Owl, by William Kerr Higley”, “Sweet Suffolk Owl, by Thomas Vautor”, “The Two Owls and the Sparrow, by John Gay”, “To the Owl, by Thomas Russell”, “The Owl, by Nathaniel Cotton”, “Owl Song, by Sir Walter Scott”, “The Leaves that Rustled on this Oak-Crowned Hill, by William Wordsworth”, “Song - The Owl, by Alfred Tennyson”, “Second Song, by Alfred Tennyson”. Etc. Ragged Hand is proud to be publishing this brand new collection of classic poetry now for the enjoyment of bird lovers young and old.