Each volume of Poetry for Students provides analysis of approximately 20 poems that teachers and librarians have identified as the most frequently studied in literature courses. Some of the poems covered in this volume include:
"Music Lessons" by Mary Oliver "My Life Closed Twice before Its Close" by Emily Dickinson "Names of Horses" by Donald Hall "A Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns "The River Merchant's Wife" by Ezra Pound And more