Advantages: Some great poems Disadvantages: Some very long poems which arent the easiest to understand, particularly if you arent too interested in 19th century literature
Sadly poetry is very much an art which has not been embraced by the 21st Century. Browning is most definately one of England's greatest poets. I do admit that I have had to study him for English literature, else I would not own this book, but it definat ...
Advantages: Romanitic, Touching and Deeply Thought Provokeing Disadvantages: You look silly reading it on a bus :-)
Browning is known as one of the best Romanitic poets and this colume contains some of his best work. The selection of poems is very well done, moveing from dreampt love in 'Love Among the Ruins' where a shepered dreams about love and power as he wonders ...
Advantages: a treat for those who love clasical literature Disadvantages: not for the readers of modern literature
I find this collection of poems to be a treat for any person's mind. These poems take its reader back in time way back to the 17th century. For a lover of clasical literature, Browing's poems bring true delight to one's heart. In short, this is indeed a p ...
Advantages: It's Blake, He's wonderful! Fantastic Poems, Insightful, Prophetic, Meaningful, Cheap! Disadvantages: It takes a while to read them all, but well worth it!
...I was shocked a few days ago when browsing the poetry I discovered there was no William Blake! This site is insane, I thought to myself… but upon several minutes of deep breathing and reflection I realised, ok, no big deal, I'll just make sure I dam ...
...Compare and contrast Wordsworth's and Blake's poems. What do the poems tell you about the differing attitudes towards the city?
The two poems tell us a lot about the poet's respective attitudes towards the city. We learn of their (occasionally) di ...
