terrafyd's review
3.0
I am glad I read this collection, I've been so curious. I have learned that collections are a risk. The reader may not like every poet and their poems. I also learned I don't care for long poems. I'm glad people enjoy them. Please read them for me.
ceciliemadsen's review
3.0
Here’s the thing about any type of literary collections, especially the ones featuring several different writers; they’re almost impossible to grade.
In this book for instance we have masterpieces such as Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Balled of Reading Gaol’, which I’d personally grade 5/5, displayed amongst some of the dullest poets and poems ever to come into existence (not going to mention any names, but there was quite a few poems that I skimmed my way through)
When that has been said, I feel like this book gives a pretty good overview of some of the prime examples of classic literature, written by British and American authors, and is therefore a great way to get introduced to a vast amount of poets in a short amount of time, which is really useful for people who are just getting into poetry.
However I can’t help but feel slightly disappointed by the book’s content, not because it was awful, but simply because many of the poems (to me) was quite forgettable, and failed at making me feel excited about reading more of the majority of the poets’ writings.
This becomes truly evident, when looking at the number of poems I’ve highlighted throughout this collection of 300+ poems, as I only deemed 11 interesting/beautiful/good enough, to revisit at some point.
All in all, this was slightly disappointing, but hey! The book looks beautiful and contains one of my favorite poems of all time (looking at you Mr. Wilde)
In this book for instance we have masterpieces such as Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Balled of Reading Gaol’, which I’d personally grade 5/5, displayed amongst some of the dullest poets and poems ever to come into existence (not going to mention any names, but there was quite a few poems that I skimmed my way through)
When that has been said, I feel like this book gives a pretty good overview of some of the prime examples of classic literature, written by British and American authors, and is therefore a great way to get introduced to a vast amount of poets in a short amount of time, which is really useful for people who are just getting into poetry.
However I can’t help but feel slightly disappointed by the book’s content, not because it was awful, but simply because many of the poems (to me) was quite forgettable, and failed at making me feel excited about reading more of the majority of the poets’ writings.
This becomes truly evident, when looking at the number of poems I’ve highlighted throughout this collection of 300+ poems, as I only deemed 11 interesting/beautiful/good enough, to revisit at some point.
All in all, this was slightly disappointing, but hey! The book looks beautiful and contains one of my favorite poems of all time (looking at you Mr. Wilde)
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