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Books like Ariel
Loved Ariel by Sylvia Plath? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from poetry, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
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The Waste Land
The fractured, allusive poem that became the emblem of modernism; difficult, dazzling, endlessly studied.
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Devotions
A career-spanning selection from a poet of attention and the natural world; the perfect place to begin.
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Death of a Naturalist
Earthy, precise poems of rural Ireland and boyhood; the debut of a Nobel laureate.
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The new Oxford book of English verse, 1250-1950, chosen and edited by Helen Gardner
"Begins in 1250 and represents the full range of English non-dramatic verse over the next seven centuries"--Publisher's description.
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And Still I Rise
Defiant, joyful poems of survival and self-worth; among the most quoted verse of the century.
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The Portable James Joyce
Contains: Dubliners Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man -- Exiles -- Collected Poems -- From Ulysses -- From Finnegans Wake.
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Tears and laughter
The God separated a spirit from Himself and fashioned it into Beauty. He showered upon her all the blessings of gracefulness and kindness. He gave her the cup of happiness and said, “Drink not from th
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Borderlands
"Rooted in Gloria Anzaldúa's experience as a Chicana, a lesbian, an activist, and a writer, the essays and poems in this volume challenge how we think about identity. Borderlands/La Frontera remaps o
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Generation of vipers
"Perhaps the most vitriolic attack ever launched on the American way of living - from politicians to professors to businessmen to Mom to sexual mores to religion - Generation of Vipers ranks with the
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Understanding poetry
Narrative and descriptive poems exemplifying the key elements are presented and analyzed.