Selected American and British Poems
by FCIT
Spanning the Atlantic, this collection brings together classic poetry from two traditions.
Source: This book was compiled by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology and includes passages from multiple sources. Please refer to the passage pages for further source information.
- At the Summit of the Washington Monument
- A poem to the vistas and vision from the heights of the Washington Monument and the vision of the man himself.
- The Ballad of Reading Gaol
- A poetic narrative describing Oscar Wilde's experiences in the Reading Gaol.
- "Barbara Frietchie"
- Poem describing the patriotism of a ninety-year old woman as General Stonewall Jackson marches through Frederick, Maryland.
- "The Barefoot Boy"
- "Blessing on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan!"
- “The Brown Thrush”
- A rhyme that serves to tell children to behave through the song of a bird.
- “The City Mouse and the Garden Mouse”
- A nursery rhyme about the differences between the city mouse and the garden mouse and how each is happy in his own manner.
- “The Conquest of Fairyland”
- A king ends up cursed.
- Humanitad
- It is full winter now: the trees are bare,
- “If I Were a Sunbeam”
- A fanciful poem exploring the mind of an adult lost in a land of fairy tales.
- Impressions
- The lily's withered chalice falls around its rod of dusty gold,
- “Laughing Song”
- A cheerful poem about springtime.
- Le Jardin Des Tuileries
- This winter air is keen and cold, and keen and cold this winter sun,
- Lift Every Voice and Sing
- A poem describing the perils our fathers went through to keep their homeland free.
- A Line-Storm Song
- "The line-storm clouds fly tattered and swift,"
- Meddlesome Matty
- In this poem, Meddlesome Matilda learns her lesson after an unfortunate encounter with a snuff box.
- Maud Muller
- A brief encounter causes a lifetime of remorseful reflection on what might have been.
- My Butterfly
- There are things that can never be the same.
- Lullaby
- A nursery rhyme that is a lullaby to a baby.
- Newton
- A poem about Newton proving the law of gravity.
- The Wind
- A poem that analyzes the nature and presence of the wind.
- October
- He sees days slipping from him that were the best for what they were.
- When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer
- The speaker reacts to hearing the facts and figures of astronomy by escaping to view the night sky alone.
- Piping Down the Valleys Wild
- A poem about the speaker as a piper who writes his songs down so that every child may enjoy them.
- The Way To Be Happy
- A poem/nursery rhyme about the rewards of good behavior.
- The Violet
- A poem about a violet and its beauty.
- The Rivulet
- A poem in which the speaker describes a rivulet in his/her commands to it.
- The Sisters
- A sing-song poem that focuses on three sisters dancing and then two mourning for the third.
- The Star
- A nursery rhyme that imitates a lullaby about the evening star.
- Stanzas for the Times
- Poem referring to a pro-slavery meeting in Faneuil Hall in August of 1835.
- Snow Bound - A Winter Idyl
- As a way to pass the time during a raging snowstorm, family members exchange stories by the fireside.
- Specimen of an Induction to a Poem
- "Lo! I must tell a tale of chivalry;"
- Year Published: 2012
- Language: English
- Country of Origin: United States of America
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Readability:
- Flesch–Kincaid Level: 5.3
- Word Count: 21,933
- Genre: Poetry
- Keywords: behavior, biography, coming of age, courage, death, difference and indifference, fairies, fantasy, hardship, history, incarceration, life, nature, patriotism, spring, the arrogance of kings, the value of freedom, war, youth