A fresh twist on 24 classic poems, these visual interpretations by comic artist Julian Peters will change the way you see the world.This stunning anthology of favorite poems visually interpreted by comic artist Julian Peters breathes new life into some of the greatest English-language poets of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.These are poems that can change the way we see the world, and encountering them in graphic form promises to change the way we read the poems. In an age of increasingly visual communication, this format helps unlock the world of poetry and literature for a new generation of reluctant readers and visual learners.Grouping unexpected pairings of poems around themes such as family, identity, creativity, time, mortality, and nature, Poems to See By will also help young readers see themselves differently. A valuable teaching aid appropriate for middle school, high school, and college use, the collection includes favorites from the Western canon already taught in countless English classes.Includes poems by Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Carl Sandburg, Maya Angelou, Seamus Heaney, e. e. cummings, Robert Frost, Dylan Thomas, Christina Rossetti, William Wordsworth, William Ernest Henley, Robert Hayden, Edgar Allan Poe, W. H. Auden, Thomas Hardy, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Philip Johnson, W. B. Yeats, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Tess Gallagher, Ezra Pound, and Siegfried Sassoon.
This book is aimed at children at US 8th grade-12th grade.
This book has been graded for interest at 13-18 years.
There are 160 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2020 by Plough Publishing House .
This book has the following chapters: Hope Is a Thing with Feathers, by Emily Dickinson Invictus, by William Ernest Henley Caged Bird, by Maya Angelou May My Heart Be Always Open, by e. e. cummings Somewhere or Other, by Christina Rossetti Those Winter Sundays, by Robert Hayden Annabel Lee, by Edgar Allen Poe Juke Box Love Song, by Langston Hughes Musee des Beaux Arts, by W. H. Auden One Art, by Elizabeth Bishop The Given Note, by Seamus Heaney The Darkling Thrush , by Thomas Hardy Choices, by Tess Gallagher The Force That through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower, by Dylan Thomas The World Is Too Much with Us, by William Wordsworth Buffalo Dusk, by Carl Sandburg Ozymandias, by Percy Bysshe Shelley There Have Come Soft Rains, by John Philip Johnson When You Are Old, by W. B. Yeats Spring and Fall, by Gerard Manley Hopkins Not Waving but Drowning, by Stevie Smith Before the Battle, by Siegfried Sassoon Conscientious Objector , by Edna St. Vincent Millay Because I Could Not Stop for Death, by Emily Dickinson
This book contains the following story:
The Iliad
The story of the ten year war that preceded Odysseus's long journey home to Ithaca begins with Prince Paris's abduction of Helen of Sparta, and goes on to the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles, and the great battles under the walls of Troy towards the end of the siege that result in the deaths of Patroclus, the Trojan hero Hector, and finally Achilles himself.
"The Iliad" is an epic poem attributed to the ancient Greek poet Homer. It primarily focuses on the events of the Trojan War and portrays the wrath of Achilles, a Greek hero, as its central theme. Here is a summary of the plot:
The Trojan War: The story begins in the ninth year of the Trojan War. The Greek army, led by Agamemnon, has been besieging the city of Troy to reclaim Helen, the wife of Menelaus, who was abducted by Paris, a prince of Troy. The poem introduces various gods and goddesses who take sides in the conflict.
The Wrath of Achilles: Achilles, the greatest Greek warrior, becomes embittered when Agamemnon takes his war prize, Briseis. As a result, Achilles withdraws from battle, refusing to fight for the Greeks. His absence allows the Trojans to gain an advantage.
Epic Battles: The poem describes a series of battles and duels between individual heroes on both sides. Notable events include Hector, the greatest Trojan warrior, fighting against Ajax and Diomedes, as well as other heroic encounters.
Divine Intervention: The gods intervene in human affairs, often favoring their respective sides. For example, Athena aids the Greeks, while Apollo supports the Trojans. They influence the outcome of battles and protect their chosen champions.
Achilles' Revenge: The death of Patroclus, Achilles' close friend, prompts him to rejoin the battle. Fueled by grief and rage, he seeks revenge on Hector, vowing to kill him for Patroclus' death. Achilles engages in a fierce duel with Hector and ultimately kills him.
Funeral of Hector: The poem concludes with the funeral of Hector, during which his father, King Priam of Troy, pleads with Achilles for his son's body. Achilles, moved by Priam's grief, allows the Trojans to mourn and bury Hector.
"The Iliad" explores themes of honor, pride, the brutality of war, the intervention of gods in human affairs, and the complexities of human emotions. It is considered one of the greatest works of Western literature and offers insights into ancient Greek culture and values.
This book features the following character:
Achilles
This book features the mythological character Achilles.
The selections . . . encompass a range of moods and media, from a twinkly black-and-white manga version of W.B. Yeats' "When You Are Old" to poignant watercolor scenes illustrating Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays." . . . Fresh angles aplenty for poetic encounters.--Kirkus Review
"Poetry and comics. It sounds like an uncomfortable union of arts, joining the spiritual desolation of T.S. Eliot or the restlessness of Arthur Rimbaud with the text balloons and exclamation points that have traditionally filled a newspaper's "fun pages." But the forms merge beautifully in the work of Julian Peters.... Peters's work is a great argument for the commonalities between poetry and comic books. The lines of poetry and his comic panels hang together with an unexpected ease, as if their forward rhythms are in synch. Both the words and the images unroll across the page, visually, with the panels sometimes matching the line breaks or stanza breaks. Poetry, unlike most prose, can involve leaps of thought from line to line, which jibes with the way comics leap from panel to panel." --Matthew Gilbert, Boston Globe
