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This volume is a collection of poems intended for use in teaching verse to first-year university students. It provides a survey of English verse from the Middle Ages to recent times, and from both sides of the Atlantic. Special emphasis is given to poetry by writers of the Great Plains region (both Canadian & American) and by Aboriginal poets of the two countries. Works have been selected with the teaching of poetry in mind and with other aims including thematic interrelationship and the need to include poems which illustrate most of the poetic techniques commonly taught in introductory classes. The poems are arranged chronologically and include annotations to explain words that may cause problems for students. Includes glossary & index.