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Immortal Poems of the English Language

Author : Oscar Williams

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 592 pages

File Size : 10,94 MB

Release : 2022-06-14

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1982191546

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A timeless and comprehensive anthology of enduring English language poetry, featuring entries from 150 British and American poets, including Alexander Pope, Lord Byron, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Emily Dickinson. The last six hundred years in British and American literature have given us some of the most moving and memorable poems in all literature. Now, discover many of these same works in one gorgeously wrought collection, featuring entries from poets as legendary and beloved as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, John Keats, Rudyard Kipling, Ralph Waldo Emerson, D.H. Lawrence, and many more. From Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberywocky” to Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and from Shakespeare’s sonnets to anonymous classics, this is the ultimate gift for poetry lovers of all ages and backgrounds. Arranged chronologically, the 150 poems featured in this stunning collection reflect the immortality of the poetic soul.





Tracking the Banished Immortal

Author : Paula M. Varsano

Publisher : University of Hawaii Press

Page : 408 pages

File Size : 41,37 MB

Release : 2003-01-01

Category : Poetry

ISBN : 9780824825737

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In this lucidly and gracefully written volume, Paula Varsano presents the first full-length study of Li Bo in English in half a century and the first extended look at the poet's critical reception."





Poems That Make Grown Men Cry

Author : Anthony Holden

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 336 pages

File Size : 38,52 MB

Release : 2014-04

Category : Poetry

ISBN : 1476712778

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Book Description

In this unique poetry anthology, 100 grown men - bestselling authors, poets laureate, actors, producers and other prominent figures from the arts, sciences and politics, share the poems that have moved them to tears.



A Treasury of Poems

Author :

Publisher : Galahad Books

Page : 768 pages

File Size : 41,23 MB

Release : 1999-10

Category : Poetry

ISBN : 9781578660421

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A Compendium of best-loved verse, this giant anthology of over 440 poems contains many of the favorite poems of the American people. Thios volume celebrates the ability of poetry to capture in a few words the thoughts and emotions that reach to the heart of human experience.



Hero and Leander

Author : Christopher Marlowe

Publisher :

Page : 228 pages

File Size : 47,69 MB

Release : 1821

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ISBN :

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Good Poems

Author : Various

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 507 pages

File Size : 41,51 MB

Release : 2003-08-26

Category : Poetry

ISBN : 0142003441

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America's beloved author, humorist, and storyteller offers a selection of meaningful and enjoyable poems Every day people tune in to The Writer's Almanac on public radio and hear Garrison Keillor read them a poem. And here, for the first time, is an anthology of poems from the show, chosen by Keillor for their wit, their frankness, their passion, their "utter clarity in the face of everything else a person has to deal with at 7 a.m." Good Poems includes verse about lovers, children, failure, everyday life, death, and transcendance. It features the work of classic poets, such as Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Robert Frost, as well as the work of contemporary greats such as Howard Nemerov, Charles Bukowski, Donald Hall, Billy Collins, Robert Bly, and Sharon Olds. It's a book of poems for anybody who loves poetry whether they know it or not.