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A Course in Modern English and American Poetry
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Selected Poems (Penguin Classics)Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hardy
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Best known for his novels, Hardy was also an important and influential poet.
Imagist Poetry: An Anthology (Dover Thrift Editions)Imagist Poetry: An Anthology (Dover Thrift Editions) by Ezra Pound
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Imagism's influence on modern and contemporary poetry is immeasurable. This anthology features works by Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, and Hilda Doolittle.
The Waste Land and Other Poems (Penguin Classics)The Waste Land and Other Poems (Penguin Classics) by T. S. Eliot
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Eliot is arguably the greatest twentieth-century poet, and the Waste Land is a seminal modernist text. This edition contains notes that will help readers understand some extremely difficult poems.
Yeats's Poetry, Drama, and Prose (Norton Critical Editions)Yeats's Poetry, Drama, and Prose (Norton Critical Editions) by William Butler Yeats
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Every student of modern poetry needs to be aquainted with this great Irish poet. The Norton Critical Edition contains helpful notes and a selection of Yeats criticism.
The Collected Poems of Wallace StevensThe Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens by Wallace Stevens
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Stevens is a masterful poet. Although he borrows heavily from Imagism, Phenomenology, and late nineteenth-century style Decadence, Stevens's poems are remarkably original.
W.H. Auden: Selected PoemsW.H. Auden: Selected Poems by W. H. Auden
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Auden is one of the most difficult poets on this list. However, with a little time and effort, his poems can be quite rewarding.
Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy Like My Sister Kate: Looking At The Harlem Renaissance Through PoemsShimmy Shimmy Shimmy Like My Sister Kate: Looking At The Harlem Renaissance Through Poems by Nikki Giovanni
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An anthology of poems from various Harlem Renaissance writers, including Langston Hughes, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Countee Cullen. Edited by the great Nikki Giovanni.
TrilogyTrilogy by H. D. (Hilda Doolittle)
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Hilda Doolittle's World War II epic. Relies heavily on Biblical and alchemical imagery. Don't worry, this edition contains many helpful notes!