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Poetry for Young People: Edgar Allan Poe (Poetry for Young People)
"Gr. 5 Up...spacious format; a wide variety of poems; and colorful, interpretive illustrations...."--SLJ. "The format is admirable: a handsome sampler of poems, with a short introductory essay, unfamiliar words briefly defined in footnotes, and a few prefatory sentences for each poem to establish context and aid interpretation. 13 of Poe's more accessible poems appear here...more
Hardcover, 48 pages
Published
June 30th 1995
by Sterling
(first published 1995)
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Poetry for Young People: Edgar Allan Poe, edited by Brod Bagert. Sterling Publishing Company, 48 pages. Non-fiction, work of poetry.
Description: A sampling of Edgar Allan Poe's poems are presented, along with adapted excerpts from some of his longer prose. The poems are illustrated and briefly annotated.
Review: This collection helps young readers ease into poetry that might normally seem too difficult for them to enjoy. Dark, dreamlike illustrations accompany the texts and reflect the dark mood...more
Description: A sampling of Edgar Allan Poe's poems are presented, along with adapted excerpts from some of his longer prose. The poems are illustrated and briefly annotated.
Review: This collection helps young readers ease into poetry that might normally seem too difficult for them to enjoy. Dark, dreamlike illustrations accompany the texts and reflect the dark mood...more
Sep 27, 2012
Jacqueline Holton
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Poetry for Young People by Edgar Allan Poe is a book of poems by Edgar Allan Poe. It’s for young people from age 8 and up. The poems are based on a big part of Poe's’ life and it reveals his feelings about loneliness, romance and his fight with alcohol. For instance one poem called “The Hop Frog” suggests that Poe knew he had a alcohol problem and he wished that he could be sober, and the poem “Alone” gives us a glimpse into how he really felt alone since childhood. Brod Bagert (the editor) beli...more
Sep 27, 2012
Ashley Hilton
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In the Edgar Allan Poe version of Poetry For Young People everything is very dark. The pictures and the poems have a very sad and mysterious tone to them. This dark book starts off with background of Edgar Allan Poe this is even a sad story. I love that at the beginning of every poem there is a description to help the reader understand the poem. Kids can read poems all day but it is worthless if they have no idea what is going on. They might as well be reading another language so the description...more
In honor of Edgar Allan Poe's birthday, our local library had a display of some of his books. I found this book and thought that perhaps it might be a good introduction for our girls. I knew that he had died young, but when I read the introduction, I was reminded of the fact that he died at the age of forty. Having reached that milestone recently myself, I was reminded a bit of my own mortality. Ah, the melancholy and macabre poems are getting to me!
I was a little surprised at how graphic the d...more
I was a little surprised at how graphic the d...more
Poetry for Young People: Edgar Allan Poe was great to read as it was something I haven’t done in many years. This book provided so many poems that I was completely unaware of by Edgar Allen Poe and I ended up reading through the book in no time. There are illustrations on every page, that at first might seem to represent the name of the story, but as you go through it seems as if they represent the “thing” described or attempting to be described. My first concern with the book is it doesn’t leav...more
This book was interesting to read. First of all, I had already read a few of these poems before so I knew what I was getting in to. Although, reading these poems before didn't help much, because I was still confused about a few of the poems. This book helped so much because it had summaries of what each poem was about. This allows children, and me, to clearly understand what they are reading. There are also a bunch of words in Edgar Allen Poe's poetry that kinds might not understand. In this boo...more
This is a great compilation of the works of Poe for children just being introduced to Poetry. I am very familiar with Edgar Allen Poe, and "The Raven" is still one of my favorite pieces of poetry ever written. The beginning of this book is a short biography of Poe and an explanation of the choice of Poems and works, which is good to give the reader an impression of who Edgar Allen Poe was. The first poem in the compilation is "Alone" which is in itself a perfect introduction to Edgar Allen Poe a...more
I have always been an Edgar Allan Poe fan, since I was a little Edgar Allan Poe's story entranced me, I enjoyed the spooky fiction that Edgar Allan Poe delivered, and ever since I have read and memorized many of the poems that take place in this book. One of the things I can say I disliked about this book is that they cut almost the WHOLE story just for little stanzas, which made the stories confusing. However because Edgar Allan Poe's stories are very long and wordy so it makes sense why they w...more
Summary:
This book starts out with a great, in-depth, introduction of the life of Edgar Allan Poe. It then goes into many of the poems written by Poe. Each poem has a brief summary of what the poem is about and some poems are accompanied by a picture.
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This book gives me a feeling of understanding. I remember when I was back in middle school and started to learn about Edgar Allan Poe. We read "The Raven". I had a feeling of confusion because the poem was so long that I did not understand...more
This book starts out with a great, in-depth, introduction of the life of Edgar Allan Poe. It then goes into many of the poems written by Poe. Each poem has a brief summary of what the poem is about and some poems are accompanied by a picture.
Response:
This book gives me a feeling of understanding. I remember when I was back in middle school and started to learn about Edgar Allan Poe. We read "The Raven". I had a feeling of confusion because the poem was so long that I did not understand...more
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Sep 28, 2012
Staphany Ramirez
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The Raven, brings back so many memories. Back in sixth grade was the first time I read it. My teacher made me memorize the poem, then I really had no idea what the poem portrayed or how important or even famous this author was. In high school I was even reading his poetry as well. My favorite part of reading this poem that it is a great read aloud. So it'd be great to read to my students.
It's hard to go wrong with Poe, and the illustrations created for this book work perfectly. The reason I only gave this three stars, however, was because the editor chose to 'adapt' selections from some of Poe's prose work into poetic form. This doesn't really work very well at all, in my opinion.
Still worth checking out, but you may be disappointed by the last section.
Still worth checking out, but you may be disappointed by the last section.
Bagert adds an introduction to the book with info about the Poe and some of his poems. There is also a note to parents that the last eight poems are passages from other works by Poe. Also, with each poem there is an explanation or background information about that particular poem. Bagert includes classics from Poe: Alone, The Raven, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, “The Cask of Amontillado”. With each poem there is at least one illustration that relates to the meaning. Cobleigh’s illustrations...more
a good selection of poems
and information about the poems explaining them to children
i love the way this series presents the poems with beautiful pictures and explianations
and information about the poems explaining them to children
i love the way this series presents the poems with beautiful pictures and explianations
I learned a great deal about his life from this book and the included poems are annotated and illustrated. Great book to teach from.
Title: Poetry for young people:Edgar Allan Poe
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Type of text: poetry
I liked most of the poems in the book. My favourite one was called “Annabel Lee” which is happy at first but turns very sad in the end. I think the author wrote the poem when he was in a really sad mood. Even though it is a tragic poem, I liked it the most.
I would recommend this book because it has lots of different poetries and all of them are very different and interesting.
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Type of text: poetry
I liked most of the poems in the book. My favourite one was called “Annabel Lee” which is happy at first but turns very sad in the end. I think the author wrote the poem when he was in a really sad mood. Even though it is a tragic poem, I liked it the most.
I would recommend this book because it has lots of different poetries and all of them are very different and interesting.
I loved this book! It is a great way to get kids to read and enjoy poetry. The illustrations are phenominal! This book includes some of Poe's best loved poerty plus pieces from his stories and novels. This book is a great "gateway" book to grab kids' attention and maybe cause them to read a longer piece that they were hooked on. I recomend this book to all.
This was a good way to revisit EAP's poetry, and ask myself what kind of a...sentimental? morose? odd?...kid I must've been to have loved him when I was in elementary school. Now, I guess it provides a way to make his poems more accessible to a young audience.
Apr 22, 2008
Laura (booksnob)
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
teens and adults interested in Poe
My introduction to Poe's poetry. I loved it!
A bit dark I think for young kids, but I thought the biography was well written and researched. Great artwork too.
A bit dark I think for young kids, but I thought the biography was well written and researched. Great artwork too.
I hated Poe when I was introduced to his poetry in jr. high. The kids picked this book out at the library and they cannot get enough of it!
It was a great introduction to Poe's poetry for kids. The adaptations of Poe's short stories, however, would have been better left out.
Annabel Lee is one of my all-time favorite poems!
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The name Poe brings to mind images of murderers and madmen, premature burials, and mysterious women who return from the dead. His works have been in print since 1827 and include such literary classics as “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Raven,” and “The Fall of the House of Usher.” This versatile writer’s oeuvre includes short stories, poetry, a novel, a textbook, a book of scientific theory, and hundr...more
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