Great Short Poems: Selections by Shakespeare, Burns, Wordsworth, Shelley, Whitman, Dickinson, Frost, Dunbar and many more (Dover Thrift Editions: Poetry)

My interest in classic poetry has been a passion of mine for many years. This collection, published in the Dover Thrift edition, is one of the very best. Even though this small book is only 54 pages, it has some of the most beautiful poems ever written.Some of the fantastic poets in this collection include: Sir. Walter Ralegh, William Shakespeare, John Donne, John Milton, Anne Bradstreet, Sir George Etherege, William Blake, William Wordsworth, Robert Burns, George Gordon, Lord Byron, John Keats, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman and many other well-known great poets.In conclusion, this little book is a true value for anyone who loves poetry. The book is an incredible bargain for the amount of poetry education one can gain by reading this volume.Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Season of the Warrior: A poetic tribute to warriors)

This collection has many well-known poems by a variety of authors. It is always easy to second guess the choices made. I do wish there were more women and a wider ethnic diversity of representative samples, but I also wish for more selections of some of my favorites! All in all, it was a pleasant read.

The Poet is a "maker", he is creative. More than that, the true Poet is a person of intuition. He is a "seer". I learnt all f this when I was a young School-boy. In true and genuine Poetry we find the wisdom of the Ages and that is very important for human life. In this Great Short Poems we find all of this. There are the great names of the famous Poets; their beautiful thoughts matched bt equally beautiful words, phrases and sentences. It is such a pleasure to read the great Poets. To be dead in 'spirit' is a disaster! Human life should be full of beauty, interest, nobility. We can't all be scientists, leading politicians or doctors or professors. But we should all be 'wisdom seekers' be in a limited sense at east POETS. I highly recommend the reading of these Poems. They are an education. They should awaken the spirits of every-one. There are countless names I could name. Rather than do that, I urge you dive into the river of Poetry, be awakened to the beauty of Nature, the grandeur of the human spirit and above all to the Creator of the heavens and the earth. Ignotus

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If you read poetry back in the day, perhaps an English major in the 20th century, chances are very good you’ve read all of these poems. So, for nostalgia it’s nice to see some of them again. But I’d say “same ol’, same ol’.”

….just bought 8 of these books for my family… including me… everyone was pleased… brings back so many memories.The quality of the paper (1 star) not the best but likely necessary for the price! Highly recommend!

I absolutely love this collection. These are short poems and tend not to be obtuse. I think I waited too long in my life to learn to appreciate certain aspects of life. Poetry is one of them. I love good poetry but struggle with anything lengthy or complicated.I start each day with a poem. It only takes a minute or two. These poems are chronological order according to the time of the author. I try to bounce around a little bit. If I am otherwise unfamiliar with a poet, I take some time to study that person and see if they have some other work available that I might want to read. I have learned so much about literature that way. I am very grateful for this work.This collection is perfect for such an endeavor. Thank You.

Great little book of poems that I originally bought for my now deceased mother who already knew most of them by heart, but was becoming forgetful due to dementia. Most of these I have heard all my life, so it was a pleasure to read them out loud with my mother, with her happily reciting what she remembered. Now I find that they live by my bed and I often re-read them for both their beauty and their wisdom. I was particularly pleased to discover how many early poets were women. Paul Negri did a great job of selecting some real jewels from Western poets over the last few centuries. What an inexpensive treasure trove of little masterpieces!.

I will see her going back to it every so often, glad I got it for her.

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Some all time great poems are in this collection, really enjoyable and few extremely heart touching poems. I found this collection good for spiritual contemplation and solace.

This collection of books by Dover Thirft are of great value. A great way of engaging readers with great liteary works to pass onto younger generations. Great.

Perfect! Thanks !