Contents

Guide to Active Reading

Active Reading Strategies Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Flannery O’Connor Active Reading Model: The Life You Save
May Be Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . . . .7

Active Reading Strategies Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Elizabeth Bishop Active Reading Model: The Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . . .23
Active Reading Strategies Nonfiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Toni Morrison Active Reading Model: Thoughts on the
African-American Novel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . . .29

UNIT
ONE
From the Earliest Days . . . . . . .36

Unit Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Theme 1 Beginnings and Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Literature Focus Native American Mythology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

James Mooney How the World Was Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Myth . . . . . . . . . .48

Joseph Bruchac The Sky Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Myth . . . . . . . . . .50

Interdisciplinary Connection Ecology: Living in Harmony with Nature . . . . . . . . . .53

Dekanawida from The Iroquois Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . . .55

Vocabulary Skills Understanding Analogies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Patrick J. McDonnell Media ConnectionShipwreck Survivors Recall

Ordeal in Shark-filled Waters . . . . . . . . . . . Newspaper article . . . . . .60

indicates world literature

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Álvar Núñez Cabeza

de Vaca from La Relación . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . .62

Reading & Thinking Skills Recognizing Bias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

William Bradford from Of Plymouth Plantation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . .69

Technology Skills Using a Video Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Anne Bradstreet Upon the Burning of Our House,

July 10th, 1666 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .77
To My Dear and Loving Husband . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .79

Peter Gabriel Media Connection In Your Eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Song . . . . . . . . .82

Writing Skills Using Specific, Vivid Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Mary Rowlandson from A Narrative of the Captivity and

Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .85
Pin Yathay from Stay Alive, My Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .93
Comparing Selections: from A Narrative of the Captivity
and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson and
from Stay Alive, My Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Listening, Speaking, and Viewing Conducting an Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Jonathan Edwards from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . .101

Grammar Link Avoiding Sentence Fragments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Canassatego Offer of Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . .108

Writing Workshop Narrative Writing: Historical Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Unit Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Standardized Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

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UNIT
TWO
A New Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Unit Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Theme 2 Breaking Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Benjamin Franklin from The Autobiography of
Benjamin Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .131
from Poor Richard’s Almanack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .134
Américo Paredes Dichos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .139
Comparing Selections: from Poor Richard’s Almanack and Dichos . . . . . . . . . . .144

Listening, Speaking, and Viewing Analyzing Advertising Slogans . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Patrick Henry Speech to the Second Virginia Convention . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .147

Wen Smith Media Connection Give Me Rhetoric! . . . . . . . . . . . Magazine article . . . . .151
Literature Focus Analyzing Essays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Thomas Paine from The Crisis, No. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .155

Herodotus from The Histories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .161
Comparing Selections: from The Crisis, No. 1 and
from The Histories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .169
Technology Skills E-mail: Business Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174

Phillis Wheatley To His Excellency, General Washington . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .178

Writing Skills Effective Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Abigail Adams Letter to Her Daughter from the New and

Unfinished White House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .183
Media Connection Amistad America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Web site . . . . . . . .187

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Olaudah Equiano from The Life of Olaudah Equiano . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .189

Writing Workshop Personal Writing: Reflective Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Theme 3 Gaining Insight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Washington Irving The Devil and Tom Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .203
Media Connection Bart Sells His Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . Television script . . . . .216
Vocabulary Skills Using Roots to Understand New Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217

William Cullen Bryant To a Waterfowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .219

Thanatopsis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .220
Oliver Wendell Holmes Old Ironsides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .225
The Chambered Nautilus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .226
Interdisciplinary Connection Mathematics: Math Under the Sea? . . . . . . . . . . . .229

James Russell Lowell The First Snow-Fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .231

Grammar Link Making Pronouns and Their Antecedents Agree . . . . . . . . . . . .234
Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .236
Ralph Waldo Emerson Concord Hymn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .240
from Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .242
from Self-Reliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .245
Henry David Thoreau from Walden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .252
from Civil Disobedience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .257
Nathaniel Hawthorne The Minister’s Black Veil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .266
Ali Deb The Three-Piece Suit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .279
Comparing Selections: The Minister’s Black Veil and The Three-Piece Suit . . . .283

Reading & Thinking Skills Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

Edgar Allan Poe To Helen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .286

The Raven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .287
The Pit and the Pendulum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .292
Steve James Dead Singer Buckley’s
Media Connection
Voice Haunts Poe Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CD review . . . . . . .307
Writing Workshop Descriptive Writing: Travel Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308
Unit Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Standardized Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314

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UNIT
THREE
The Civil War
and Its Aftermath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316

Unit Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

Theme 4 The Union Is Tested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327

Frederick Douglass from My Bondage and My Freedom. . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .330
Anonymous Swing Low, Sweet Chariot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Song . . . . . . . . .337
Anonymous Go Down, Moses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Song . . . . . . . . .338
Anonymous Follow the Drinking Gourd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Song . . . . . . . . .339

Interdisciplinary Connection Music: From Spirituals to Rock and Roll . . . . . . . . .342

Jet magazine Media ConnectionMars Robot ‘Sojourner’

Named by Black Girl to Honor
Abolitionist Sojourner Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . Magazine article . . . . .343

Sojourner Truth And Ain’t I a Woman? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .345

Listening, Speaking, and Viewing Making a Persuasive Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348

John P. Parker from His Promised Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .350

Technology Skills Internet: Writing Resources on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .354

Mary Chesnut from Mary Chesnut’s Civil War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .357

Robert E. Lee Letters to His Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .363

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Grammar Link Making Subjects and Verbs Agree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366

Ambrose Bierce An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . .368

Marc Scott Zicree “An Occurrence at Owl

Media Connection
Creek Bridge” (2/28/64) . . . . . Television script and commentary . . .379

Reading & Thinking Skills Sequencing: Order of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380

Herman Melville Shiloh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .382

Abraham Lincoln The Gettysburg Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . .385
Tran Mong Tu The Gift in Wartime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .389
Comparing Selections:
The Gettysburg Address and
The Gift in Wartime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391

Writing Workshop Persuasive Writing: Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392

Theme 5 Two New American Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397

Literature Focus Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398
David Streitfeld and
Elizabeth Kastor Stolen Whitman
Media Connection
Papers Surface After 50 Years . . . . . . . . . . . Newspaper article . . .400

Walt Whitman I Hear America Singing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .403

When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .404
A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim . . . Poem . . . . . . . .406
Beat! Beat! Drums! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .407
from Song of Myself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .410
Chuang Tzu The Useless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .419
The Butterfly Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .419
Comparing Selections: from Song of Myself and The Useless
and The Butterfly Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421

Vocabulary Skills Understanding Prefixes and Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422

Emily Dickinson If you were coming in the Fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .425

My life closed twice before its close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .426
The Soul selects her own Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .426
Much Madness is divinest Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .428

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Emily Dickinson Success is counted sweetest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .429

I heard a Fly buzz when I died . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .431
The Bustle in a House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .431
Because I could not stop for Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .432

Writing Skills Elaborating on an Idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434

There’s a certain Slant of light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .435

This is my letter to the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .436

Media Connection Dickinson Parodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Web page . . . . . . .439

Writing Workshop Expository Writing: Analyzing a Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .440

Unit Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444
Standardized Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446

UNIT
FOUR
Regionalism and Realism . . .448

Unit Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450

Theme 6 The Energy of the Everyday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .459

Mark Twain The Celebrated Jumping Frog of
Calaveras County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . . . . . .462

David Badger Media Connection Frogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photography/science book . . . . .471

Literature Focus Short Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .472

Bret Harte The Outcasts of Poker Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . . . . . .476

Bessie Head Chief Sekoto Holds Court . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . . . . . .488

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Comparing Selections: The Outcasts of Poker Flat and

Chief Sekoto Holds Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493

Listening, Speaking, and Viewing Storytelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .494

Feeling Chilly? Check Out These

Media Connection
Hypothermia Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Web site . . . . . . . .495
Jack London To Build a Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .498
Vocabulary Skills Using Context Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .512

Chief Joseph I Will Fight No More Forever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .514

Technology Skills Multimedia: American Literature
Through American History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .516

Corn Tassel Let Us Examine the Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .519

Writing Skills Using Transitions Effectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .522

Kate Chopin The Story of an Hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .525

Interdisciplinary Connection Psychology: Mysteries of the Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . .529

Willa Cather A Wagner Matinée . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .532

Paul Laurence Dunbar Douglass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .543
We Wear the Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .544
Edgar Lee Masters Lucinda Matlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .547
Fiddler Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .548
Grammar Link Avoiding Faulty Shifts in Verb Tense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .551
Edwin Arlington
Robinson Richard Cory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .553
Miniver Cheevy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .554
Reading & Thinking Skills Making Inferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .556

Stephen Crane The Open Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .559

Writing Workshop Business Writing:
Problem-Solution Proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .578
Unit Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .582
Standardized Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .584

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UNIT
5
Beginnings of
the Modern Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .586

Unit Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .588

Theme 7 New Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .597

Literature Focus Imagist Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .598

Ezra Pound In a Station of the Metro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .600

A Pact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .600
T. S. Eliot The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .604

Reading & Thinking Skills Identifying the Author’s Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .611

William Carlos WilliamsThe Red Wheelbarrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .613

This Is Just to Say . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .614
Wallace Stevens Anecdote of the Jar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .617

Leila Cobo-Hanlon “Let’s Call the Whole

Media Connection
Thing Off”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newspaper article . . . .619

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Katherine Anne Porter The Jilting of Granny Weatherall . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .621
Gabriela Mistral Richness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .632
Comparing Selections: The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
and Richness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .634
Archibald MacLeish Ars Poetica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .636
Edna St. Vincent Millay Dirge Without Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .639
Recuerdo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .640
E. E. Cummings anyone lived in a pretty how town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .643
Alfred Kreymborg from The Oxford Book
Media Connection
of American Literary Anecdotes . . . . . . . . . . . Anecdote . . . . . . . .645
Marianne Moore Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .647
F. Scott Fitzgerald The Bridal Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .652
Vocabulary Skills Using a Semantic Features Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .668

Carl Sandburg Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .671

Anonymous from Songs of Gold Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poems . . . . . . . .675
Ernest Hemingway In Another Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .680
Grammar Link Using Commas in a Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .685

Technology Skills Spreadsheet: Determining

Productivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .686

Dorothy Parker Soldiers of the Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .689

Penelope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .692
Robert Frost Mending Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .696
Birches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .698
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy
Evening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .701
The Death of the Hired Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .703
Listening, Speaking, and Viewing Oral Presentation
of a Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .711

Writing Workshop Persuasive Writing: Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712

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Theme 8 The Harlem Renaissance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .717

James Weldon Johnson My City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .720
Constance Johnson Media Connection A Place to Be Free . . . . . . . . . . . Magazine article . . . . .722
Zora Neale Hurston from Dust Tracks on a Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .725
Writing Skills Creating Unified Paragraphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732

Claude McKay If We Must Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .734

The Tropics in New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .735

Media Connection Artist Jacob Lawrence . . . . . . . . Radio transcript . . . . .737

Langston Hughes I, Too . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .740

The Negro Speaks of Rivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .741
Léopold Sédar Senghor from Songs for Signare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .745
Comparing Selections: I, Too and The Negro Speaks
of Rivers and from Songs for Signare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .747
Helene Johnson Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .749

Interdisciplinary Connection Art: Visions from Harlem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .751

Storm Ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem

Jean Toomer . . . . . . . . .753
November Cotton Flower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .754
Arna Bontemps A black man talks of reaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .758
Countee Cullen Any Human to Another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .759

Writing Workshop Creative Writing: Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .762

Unit Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .766
Standardized Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .768

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Midcentury Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .770

Unit Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .772

Theme 9 Personal Discoveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .781

E. B. White The Second Tree from the Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .783

Media Connection The Mystery of

Happiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Television transcript . . .790

Pablo Neruda Ode to My Socks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .792

Comparing Selections: The Second Tree from the
Corner and Ode to My Socks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .795
John Steinbeck Breakfast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .798
William Faulkner A Rose for Emily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .804
Address upon Receiving the Nobel Prize
for Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .812

Vocabulary Skills Defining Compound Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .815

Robert Lowell Father’s Bedroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .817

Writing Skills Organizing Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .819

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Richard Wright from Black Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .822

Sonia Nazario 100-Mile Run to Agony

Media Connection
and Ecstasy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newspaper article . . . .830

Eudora Welty A Worn Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .833

Gwendolyn Brooks The Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .844
Ralph Ellison February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .847

Grammar Link Avoiding Run-on Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .849

Tomás Rivera The Portrait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .851

Interdisciplinary Connection Communications: Buyer Beware . . . . . . . . . . . . . .855

Randall Jarrell The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .857

Reading & Thinking Skills Summarizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .859

Richard Wilbur The Beautiful Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .861

James Baldwin The Rockpile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .865
Bernard Malamud The Magic Barrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .875
Martin Luther King Jr. from Stride Toward Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .892
Alice Walker Choice: A Tribute to
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .898

Writing Workshop Narrative Writing: College Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .902

Theme 10 Acting on an Idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907

Literature Focus Drama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .908

Blacklisted Woman
Media Connection
Vindicated by Federal Court Ruling . . . . . . . . Radio transcript . . . . .910

Arthur Miller The Crucible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drama . . . . . . . .913

Edwidge Danticat Nineteen Thirty-Seven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . .999
Comparing Selections: The Crucible and Nineteen Thirty-Seven . . . . . . . . . . .1008

Listening, Speaking, and Viewing Critical Viewing of a Drama . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1009

Writing Workshop Narrative Writing: Dramatic Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1010

Unit Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1014
Standardized Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1016

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Into the
Twenty-First Century . . . . . . . .1018

Unit Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1020

Theme 11 Generations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1029

Julia Alvarez Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . .1032
Maxine Hong Kingston from The Woman Warrior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . .1036
Vocabulary Skills Using a Thesaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1043

Bill Watterson Media Connection Calvin and Hobbes . . . . . . . . . . . . Comic strips . . . . .1044
John Updike Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . .1047
N. Scott Momaday from The Way to Rainy Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . .1054
Tim O’Brien Ambush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . .1063
Longhang Nguyen Rain Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . .1067
Reading & Thinking Skills Identifying Cause and Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1071

Aurora Levins Morales Kitchens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . .1073

Margaret Atwood Bread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . .1078
Comparing Selections: Kitchens and Bread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1081
Cathy Song Picture Bride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1083
Ellen Futterman Media Connection Love and Money . . . . . . . . . . . . Newspaper article . . .1085
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Prime Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . .1087
Norma Elia Cantú Se me enchina el cuerpo al oír tu cuento . . . . . . Short story . . . . . .1097
Garrett Hongo from Kubota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . .1101
Simon J. Ortiz Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1109
Evangelina Vigil-Piñon apprenticeship 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1110
Writing Workshop Persuasive Writing: Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1112

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Theme 12 Variety Is Richness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1117

Leslie Marmon Silko Prayer to the Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1119

Interdisciplinary Connection Geography: The Magnificent Pacific . . . . . . . . . . .1122

Anne Sexton Riding the Elevator into the Sky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1125

Randy Brown Media Connection Need a Lift? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Magazine article . . . .1127

Donald Barthelme Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . .1129
C. P. Cavafy Waiting for the Barbarians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1135
Comparing Selections: Game and Waiting for the Barbarians . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1138
Sylvia Plath Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1140
William Stafford Traveling Through the Dark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1143
Robert Hayden Frederick Douglass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1146

Writing Skills Using Quotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1148

Victor Hernández Cruz #2 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1150

Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1150
Sandra María Esteves Weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1153
Pat Mora For Georgia O’Keeffe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1157
Diana Chang Most Satisfied by Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1158
Rita Dove Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1162
Cherríe Moraga The Welder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1165
María Herrera-Sobek The House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1168
La Casa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1169

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Listening, Speaking, and Viewing Discussing Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1171

Sandra Cisneros Salvador Late or Early . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . .1174

Rita Magdaleno Embroidering: A Response to “Somnad”
by Carl Larsson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1177
Judith Ortiz Cofer El Olvido (Según las Madres) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1178
Louise Erdrich The Names of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . .1181

Janet Simons Media Connection The Name Reign . . . . . . . . . . . . Newspaper article . . .1188
Barbara Kingsolver Naming Myself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1190
Poniendome un Nombre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1191
Grammar Link Avoiding Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1193

Technology Skills Word Processing: Publishing a Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1194

Alma Luz Villanueva A Poet’s Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1197

Lucha Corpi Emily Dickinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .1198
Writing Workshop Expository Writing: Research Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1200
Unit Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1204
Standardized Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1206

Reference Section
Literary Terms Handbook . . . . . . . . . . . . R1 Reading Handbook
Vocabulary Development . . . . . . . . . . . R86
Language Handbook
Comprehension Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . R87
Troubleshooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R18
Literary Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R92
Troublesome Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R33
Analysis and Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . R92
Grammar Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R44
Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R51 Writing Workshop Models . . . . . . . . . . . R94
Spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R59
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R108
Writing Handbook
The Writing Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R62 Spanish Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R119
Writing Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R66
Research Paper Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . R68 Index of Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R129
Business and Technical Writing . . . . . . . R76 Index of Authors and Titles . . . . . . . . . R141
Communications Skills Handbook Index of Art and Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . R145
Using Electronic Resources . . . . . . . . . . R78
Study and Test-Taking Skills . . . . . . . . . R80 Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R148

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Short Story Nonfiction
The Life You Save May Be Your Own . . . . . . . 7 Thoughts on the African-American Novel . . . 29
The Devil and Tom Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 from The Iroquois Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . 55
The Minister’s Black Veil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Shipwreck Survivors Recall Ordeal
The Three-Piece Suit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 in Shark-filled Waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
The Pit and the Pendulum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 from La Relación . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. . . . . . 368 from Of Plymouth Plantation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of from A Narrative of the Captivity and
Calaveras County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462 Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson . . . . 85
from Stay Alive, My Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
The Outcasts of Poker Flat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
from Sinners in the Hands of an
Chief Sekoto Holds Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Angry God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
To Build a Fire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
Offer of Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
The Story of an Hour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525
from The Autobiography of
A Wagner Matinée . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 Benjamin Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
The Open Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559 from Poor Richard’s Almanack . . . . . . . . . . . 134
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall . . . . . . . . 621 Dichos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
The Bridal Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 Speech to the Second Virginia
In Another Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680 Convention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Soldiers of the Republic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 Give Me Rhetoric! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
The Second Tree from the Corner. . . . . . . . 783 from The Crisis, No. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Breakfast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798 from The Histories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
A Rose for Emily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804 Declaration of Independence. . . . . . . . . . . . 169
A Worn Path. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833 Letter to Her Daughter from the
The Portrait. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851 New and Unfinished White House . . . . . 183
from The Life of Olaudah Equiano. . . . . . . . 189
The Rockpile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865
from Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
The Magic Barrel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 875
from Self-Reliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Nineteen Thirty-Seven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 999
from Walden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1032
from Civil Disobedience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1047
Dead Singer Buckley’s Voice Haunts
Ambush. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1063 Poe Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Rain Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1067 from My Bondage and My Freedom . . . . . . . 330
Kitchens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1073 Mars Robot ‘Sojourner’ Named by Black
Bread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1078 Girl to Honor Abolitionist Sojourner
Se me enchina el cuerpo al oír Truth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
tu cuento. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1097 And Ain’t I a Woman? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1129 from His Promised Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Salvador Late or Early . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1174 from Mary Chesnut’s Civil War . . . . . . . . . . 357

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Letters to His Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 The Chambered Nautilus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

The Gettysburg Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 The First Snow-Fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Stolen Whitman Papers Surface After The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls . . . . . . . . . . . 236
50 Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Concord Hymn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Frogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 To Helen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
I Will Fight No More Forever . . . . . . . . . . . 514 The Raven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Let Us Examine the Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 Shiloh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
“Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off ” . . . . . . . . 619 The Gift in Wartime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
from The Oxford Book of American I Hear America Singing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Literary Anecdotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645 When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer . . . 404
A Place to Be Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722 A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak
from Dust Tracks on a Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725 Gray and Dim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Address Upon Receiving the Nobel Beat! Beat! Drums! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Prize for Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812 from Song of Myself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
from Black Boy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822 The Useless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
100-Mile Run to Agony and Ecstasy . . . . . . 830 The Butterfly Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
February. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 If you were coming in the Fall . . . . . . . . . . . 425
from Stride Toward Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . 892 My life closed twice before its close . . . . . . . 426
Choice: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther The Soul selects her own Society . . . . . . . . . 426
King Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898
Much Madness is divinest Sense. . . . . . . . . 428
Blacklisted Woman Vindicated by
Success is counted sweetest . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Federal Court Ruling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910
I heard a Fly buzz when I died . . . . . . . . . . . 431
from The Woman Warrior . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1036
The Bustle in a House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
from The Way to Rainy Mountain . . . . . . . 1054
Because I could not stop for Death . . . . . . . 432
Love and Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1085
There’s a certain Slant of light . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Prime Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1087
This is my letter to the World . . . . . . . . . . . 436
from Kubota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1101
Douglass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
Need a Lift? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1127
We Wear the Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
The Names of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1181
Lucinda Matlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
The Name Reign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1188
Fiddler Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
Poetry Richard Cory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553
The Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Miniver Cheevy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554
Upon the Burning of Our House, In a Station of the Metro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600
July 10th, 1666 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 A Pact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600
To My Dear and Loving Husband . . . . . . . . . 79 The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock . . . . . . 604
To His Excellency, General Washington . . . 178 The Red Wheelbarrow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
To a Waterfowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 This Is Just to Say . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614
Thanatopsis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Anecdote of the Jar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617
Old Ironsides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Richness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632

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Ars Poetica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636 Weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1153

Dirge Without Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639 For Georgia O’Keeffe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1157
Recuerdo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 Most Satisfied by Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1158
anyone lived in a pretty how town . . . . . . . . 643 Geometry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1162
Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647 The Welder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1165
Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671 The House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1168
from Songs of Gold Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . 675 La Casa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1169
Penelope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 Embroidering: A Response to “Somnad”
Mending Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696 by Carl Larsson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1177
Birches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698 El Olvido (Según las Madres) . . . . . . . . . . 1178
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening . . . 701 Naming Myself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1190
The Death of the Hired Man . . . . . . . . . . . . 703 Poniendome un Nombre . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1191
My City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720 A Poet’s Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1197
If We Must Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734 Emily Dickinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1198
The Tropics in New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735
I, Too. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740 Drama
The Negro Speaks of Rivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741 The Crucible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913
from Songs for Signare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745
Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem . . . . . . . . . . . 749
Myth
How the World Was Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Storm Ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753
The Sky Tree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
November Cotton Flower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754
A black man talks of reaping . . . . . . . . . . . . 758
Song
Any Human to Another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759
In Your Eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Ode to My Socks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Father’s Bedroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817
Go Down, Moses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
The Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844
Follow the Drinking Gourd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner. . . . . . 857
The Beautiful Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861 Electronic Media
Picture Bride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1083 Amistad America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1109 Bart Sells His Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
apprenticeship 1978. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1110 “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”
Prayer to the Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1119 (2/28/64) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Riding the Elevator into the Sky . . . . . . . . 1125 Dickinson parodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Waiting for the Barbarians . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1135 Feeling Chilly? Check Out These
Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1140 Hypothermia Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
Traveling Through the Dark . . . . . . . . . . . 1143 Artist Jacob Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737
Frederick Douglass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1146 The Mystery of Happiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790
#2 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1150 Blacklisted Woman Vindicated by
Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1150 Federal Court Ruling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910

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