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BBC Worldwide Books in 1996, is an uplifting and inspiringly varied collection of great poems.The late, lamented Auberon Waugh called it "the best popular anthology...
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Advantages: A varied collection of great Poets and great Poetry in one book. Disadvantages: If you like Poetry, none at all!
♥ The nationsfavouritepoems. ♥
"With a forward by GriffRhysJones"
The best popular anthology ever printed in Britain" Auberon Waugh
Published by the BBC Worldwide Ltd. Paperback edition first publication 1996. ISBN: 0 563 38782 3 Hardback edition first published in 1998. ISBN: 0 563 38487 5 All copyright remains with the individual authors. This anthology was printed and bound by Martin's the printers Ltd. Berwick-upon-Tweed.
The great thing about Poetry is that readers will interpret it in differant ways. It will mean one thing to one, while it could mean something totally differant to the next person. There is no right or wrong interpretation when ...
Advantages: lovely collection Disadvantages: How can there be any disadvantages to poetry
poll that you may recall was featured on BBC2 for a while to find our favouritepoems and is a wonderful collection. There is something about poetry, we have some wonderful writers of it here on ciao but in the hands of a truly skilful writer (and I?m not saying that any one of you isn?t) words can move us, intrigue us and keep us hooked in to the very end, for example the words of number 41 in the poll Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
If that isn?t an opening to make you wanting to know what happened next I don?t know what is.
The forward in the book is written by GriffRhysJones, who from memory was one of the public faces of the poll at the time. It includes a poem that was a very ...
Advantages: Something for every poetical taste Disadvantages: You wont like every poem.
Rudyard Kipling's 'If', something that helps you through hard times, or even just a silly limerick that makes you giggle.
So, as both a writer and a reader of poetry, when I saw this book at my local charity shop priced at an extremely reasonable 30p, I snapped it up to dip into as I lay in the bath.
This book came about as the result of a poll conducted in 1995 by The Bookworm, to find the nationsfavourite 100 poems (hence the catchy title) The book starts with a small forward by GriffRhysJones, and then launches headlong into a wonderful collection of poems .
Whether you seek inspiration, consolation, humor, wit, or nonsense, this book contains something for every taste in poetry. Unsurprisingly, Kipling's 'If' snags the number one spot, and deservingly so, in my opinion. Its a poem I personally have a great love for, finding it ...
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Product details
EAN
9780563387824
Type
Poetry
Publisher
Ebury Press
Title
The Nation's Favourite Poems
Author
Griff Rhys Jones (Foreword)
ISBN
0563387823
Manufacturer's product description
In 1995 BBC Television's \Bookworm\" programme conducted a poll amongst viewers to determine their favourite poems. The top 100 are presented in this book. They include the winner Kipling's \"If\" and many other classics as well as modern verse by writers such as Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes."
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