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1 Billy Collins ‘Introduction to poetry’
Ms. De La O English 9

2 Information William James Collins Born March 22, 1941
Attended parochial schools B.A. in English M.A. and Ph. D in Romantic Poetry Distinguished professor Currently at SUNY Founder of Poetry 180 project

3 Billy Collins-The poet
Late start America’s favorite contemporary poet Poems in public places “He doesn’t hide things from us, as I think lesser poets do. He allows us to overhear, clearly, what he himself has discovered.”

4 Influences Emily Dickinson mother “The New Poetry” John Keats Samuel Coleridge Jazz music

5 Billy Collins Writing Style
Poems have surprise endings Sarcastic / Humorous Conversational and witty poems Use of many allusions and imagery First person Distaste for Poetry in code

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