Poetry > P Poetry

Advantages: Classic Literature, Entertaining and Thought Provoking
Disadvantages: Old Language, Lengthy, Very Lengthy

...casting out of Eden, hence Paradise Lost. His version of 1st book of The Bible, Genesis. It is entertaining and thought provoking, bringing a fascinating chain of events into a story accesible by the people of his time. I really enjoyed reading (grafting :P) through it. It was tough but extremely fullfilling, to have found it entertaining to the last and to be able to say i've read one of the all time great pieces of English literature. It is ...
...of it was based around Paradise Lost. If you like fantasy (or perhaps reality?), were prepared to get a grasp on the language and, in all seriousness, were prepared to spend the next few years of your life reading it then read this book. Otherwise stick to modern day novels. Be warned, this is a heavy piece of English, not for the faint hearted. It's deep, long and hard to read. You have to really want to read it. I did and i enjoyed it. Hopefully ... Read review

Advantages: his poetry can transport you
Disadvantages: none

...work, life and opinions. Three poems that I feel illustrate this idea very successfully include, “The Pity of Love”, “The Sorrow of Love” and “When You Are Old”. These three poems where also included in a special manuscript along with “White Birds” which Yeats gave to Maude Gonne as another expression of how he felt. Another aspect of Yeats’ poetry shows how, over time his actual attitude towards ...
...this poem as in other poems by Yeats, the idea of the weather is used centrally along with ethereal imagery to convey deep power, thus reflecting Yeats’ pain. The poem has also been described as a mystical encapsulation of Yeats’ insecurities over his beloved. This is also reflected in the idea Yeats conveys that Maude actually has a vulnerable frigidity toward his love, a fragile love. The actual language Yeats uses to convey these ... Read review

Advantages: Robert Browning Amazing Poet! Exquisite use of Languague, imagery etc.
Disadvantages: Some difficult Vocabulary and a slightly disturbing, sinister poem.

NOTE: In this review i want to make clear that i am fully reviewing the play and taking it from a very diffrent angle. I am looking at how the voice of the narrator i.e. speech and use of poetic description play a major role in this highly succesfull poem. I want to be judged on a sort of essay style review with my feeling been writtin as the reader gets the feeling... and such. REVIEW: In a dramatic monologue the voice of the narrator is an important ...
...how the reader reacts to him. In “Porphyria’s Lover,” by Robert Browning, the narrator murders his lover but also tries to make the reader feel sympathy for him. The poet reveals the narrator’s personality through language, characterisation, imagery, setting and narrative point of view. The opening of the poem uses language relating to the weather to reveal the narrator’s mood: “The sullen wind………………..., tore the elm-tops down for spite, And, ... Read review

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: can't read it

if you are a fan of reading german poetry then i would not recommend this. rilke wrote in prague, but is always put in second place on the great prague writers to Kafka (Kundera is also pushing for a place), and is deservedly there. he is difficult to follow. if you want to read simialr poetry, but which is better, read Baudelaire - it is much more rewarding. as regards german poetry he is rather inaccessible. poets like hienrich heine are far better. ... Read review

Advantages: Surveys the scene of Kinsella's work
Disadvantages: becoming dated, though still highly relevant

...'Visitants.' This volume contains poems written from Kinsella's early youth and from every book of verse he has published from 1980-1994. It is a very useful introduction to the poet's work and quite quickly the reader is awed at the breaktaking range of styles and forms Kinsella is more than competent with. Kinsella is a highly experimental poet and this alone justifies an anthology of his work at so young an age. This book will conciliate you ... Read review