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On the Grasshopper and the Cricket

John Keats’s sonnet “On the Grasshopper and the Cricket” was written in a competition with Leigh Hunt, who wrote a poem titled “To the Grasshopper and the Cricket.”  The poem is a Romantic view of nature and the English countryside, yet suggests the themes of human life and death.

LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Terms

• Keats, John  (Author)
• Keats, John  (Subject)

Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves

• PR4837 (books that have other poems by Keats)

Circulating Books – A Selected List

•  Keats, John. Keats’s Poetry and Prose. Cox, Jeffrey (Ed.).

                    Call Number: PR4837. K43 2009

• Wolfson, Susan J. (Ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Keats.

                   Call Number: PR4837. C27 2001

Reference Materials

• Poetry for Students – Call Number:  REF PN1112. P752  Vol. 32

Research Databases

To access Valencia’s research databases, open your Atlas account, select ‘Search the Library’, then select ‘Databases A-Z’.

• Granger’s World Poetry
• JSTOR
• Lit Finder
• Literary Criticism Online
• Literary Reference Center Plus
• Poetry & Short Story Reference Center (EBSCO) 

This Research Guide is designed to help users find information on a particular topic within the Valencia College East Campus Library.  This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources and other resources may be available on this topic.  Please check the LINCCWeb, Valencia East’s online catalog, to verify the availability of circulating books within the library.  Feel free to ask a librarian for help if you need further assistance.

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Last Revised November 21, 2021