Contemporary

Poetry

Advanced Placement English 12

Brookville High School

Lynchburg, VA

25 May 2001

Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) by Patrick Burns

Louise Bogan (1897 - 1970) by Chris Wilson

Pablo Neruda(1904-1973) by Allison Hundstad

Pablo Neruda(1904-1973)slide show by Jackie Trent

Pablo Neruda(1904-1973)slide show by Sarah Puckett and Ashley Tucker

Dylan Thomas (1914-53) slide show by Lindsey White

Robert Lowell (1917-1977) by Scott Tucker

Richard Wilbur (1921-) by Zane Johnson

Sylvia Plath (1932-63) by Carrie Throckmorton

Lucille Clifton (1936-) by Megan Olsen

Sharon Olds (1942-) by Amy Sliva

All information on these pages was researched and compiled by students in Mrs. Mary J. Smith's class in connection with the students' end-of-the-year senior projects.

Each page contains two poems by the poet plus a brief biographic study and the students' analysis of the noteworthy elements of the style of the poet, based both on student response and student-gathered research.

Each poem included here in some way "takes the top of the head off" of the student who selected it (in the way Emily Dickinson suggested great poetry should).

Our hope is that you will use the pages to introduce yourself to the poets and the works that these students found to be the most appealing.

All pages are accompanied by works cited pages in MLA format as well as related links that will lead readers to more resources.