Book cover for You Can Hear the Ocean: An Anthology of Classic and Current Poetry by W B Yeats and Emily Dickinson

You Can Hear the Ocean

An Anthology of Classic and Current Poetry

2020 Released
155 Pages
1-2 Hours
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Brighten PressISBN 9781732338197

Since the dawn of language, poets have celebrated the majestic immensity of Earth's oceans, the powerful waters that create and destroy, the intense drama and soothing gentleness of waves, the dangerous voyages to distant shores, and the indelible sensory memories set on shifting sandy beaches drenched in sunshine.

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This collection joins the verse of renowned poets with the voices of select modern writers, all inspired by the ceaseless splendor of the sea.

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Includes a reading guide for teachers and book groups, and biographies of the poets inside.


Emily Dickinson

Known as “The Myth of Amherst” for her withdrawal from society while still a young women, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) had an inner life that was deeply emotional and intense. She know rapture and despair, pondered the wonder of God and the meaning of death. She broke tradition and was criticized for her seminal experiments with unorthodox phrasing, rhyme and broken meter, within concise verse forms, thus becoming an innovator and forerunner of modern poets.

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