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Travellers' Tales Advantages: A true classic of the English language Disadvantages: In Middle English without translation, it can be difficult to read In Chaucer's work, 'The Canterbury Tales', perhaps the greatest of English literary works from the period of the language known as Middle English, there is one particular piece that have always stood out for me. 'A Clerk ther was of Oxenford also,' This is perhaps my favourite character, as when I first read it, it seemed to epitomise what I hoped for in my own life. 'That unto logik hadde longe y-go. .... For him was lever have at his beddes ... ...to his magnus opus, 'The Canterbury Tales', a collection of stories with prologue told by pilgrims on their journey to Canterbury (car radios and in-flight movies were rare in those days), Chaucer wrote minor poems to suit various occasions (his first record as poet comes from having written a poem as elegy on the death of John of Gaunt's first wife, Blanche, in 1369), and the major work for which he was noted for 'Troilus and Criseyde', which showed ... frkurt 31.01.2005 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer
Where is the Black Beast? Advantages: Dark and wondrous. Disadvantages: Kinda short. Leaves you wanting more... ...life and songs of the Crow is a collection of poems detailing the life of fictional character Crow, written in 1970 by former poet laureate Ted Hughes. It is regarded as one of the crowning achievements of a long and distinguished career in poetry. Review Imagine, if you will, a being of pure, unalloyed darkness. With neither place nor purpose in God's freshly cast creation. Neither loved nor wanted. A mystery of existence, searching for meaning ... ...Enter Crow. Crow is a legendary creature, living out a mythic existence, transcending time, and even death's cold grip in a world formed of a bizarre blend of various mythologies, deeply entrenched in dense religious symbolism. Crow shares much of the faults and follies of man. He goes through much the same agonies of growing up and trying to find his place in the world. Like mankind, he too lapses into the throes of existential and theological angst. ... thegoldencat 28.01.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Crow (From the Life and Songs of the Crow) - Ted Hughes
Great Introdcution to Poetry Advantages: Nice poems, bright and colourful Disadvantages: Not as engaging as other childrens books ...really heard before. The cover of the book is bright blue and has the title in nice bubble letters which are all a different colour across the front and lots of different pictures all around this. The back cover is also bright blue and again has lots of pictures covering it showing a variety of different things. Upon opening the book the first page has a lovely little space where your child can write their own name so people will know that the book ... ...of the book and the names of all the poems included. The book is split into 2 different sections the first being, HapolooKangaroo and the second, Higglety, Pigglety, Pop. Both of the sections have 20 poems in. I am not going to individually list all of the poems included in this book as it would make for a massive list but to name just a few we have, Hen’s Song Tiger Hey Diddle Diddle The Kettle Clocks and Watches A Boy Went Walking From the ... sewbizzie 06.10.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems - June Crebbin
A load of rubbish? nope, pure nonsense! Advantages: Funny, classics, a way to get kids into poetry, clever... Disadvantages: None ...years. He is described on the back of my book as 'the inventor of the limerick'. Lear was born in 1812, and throughout his childhood he suffered from epilepsy and depression. He was brought up and educated by two of his sisters, in this education they read him a lot of poetry and taught him to draw, two subjects which I feel the world owes them for A Book of Nonsense was published in 1846, using the pseudonym Derry Down Derry. This wasn't the only ... ...one. Only 6 years later the second edition of the book was published. The Owl and the Pussy Cat, which I'm pretty convinced is the best known of his Nonsense Songs was also the first, written in 1867, and the book Nonsense Songs followed in 1870. Lear died in 1888 at the age of 75. This is a very condensed history, but this is because I am only reviewing he Book of Nonsense and Nonsense Songs. I've researched the claim that Lear was the inventor ... M.Newcastle 05.10.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Book of Nonsense And Nonsense Songs - Edward Lear
When I am dead my dearest Advantages: - Disadvantages: - ...pages of the book. Goblin Market, the title poem, is one of her best known - and it tells a wonderful story . Two girls, led by calling goblin voices, go down to the river, where a goblin offers to sell them some fruit if they can pay for it. As she has no money, they offer to sell her some for a lock of her golden hair, which she duly snips off and gives to them. She tastes the fruit, and it's delicious, so delicious that she craves more, but having ... ...in essence, that is what Goblin Market, the main feature poem of this book is , simply a wonderful wondeful fairytale, written in rhyming verse that skips along at a pace that keeps you interested . Richly detailed and descriptive, it is a little old fashioned in it's language, but certainly not difficult to read, and in itself is an amazing poem. 'No thank you John' is another poem I rather enjoyed. To me the poem read like a rather civiliseed break ... Thehonesttruth 03.10.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Goblin Market - Christina Rossetti