bellatora's review against another edition
5.0
It’s hard for me to find poems I really love, so I like to get short collections of a bunch of famous/popular poems, because I feel like that’s the best chance of getting a good mix of poems I’m already familiar with and enjoy, and getting new poems that others have liked. I think this collection did a really great job overall fulfilling that expectation, and I liked the brief introductions at the beginning of each poem so that there could be some context to the poem.
mads1706's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
laurabb's review against another edition
3.0
Like any collection, it's a fairly even mix of hits and misses.
rixenr's review against another edition
3.0
This volume is a handy little collection of some of the world's "best poems;" a convenient stepping-stone into poetry for people like me who avoid poetry as much as possible and don't know where to begin. It's a nice survey of poetry, comprised mainly of works from British and American poets, and while it's still not enough to make me a poetry convert, I appreciated reading and recognizing poems with which I should probably be more familiar.
sleeplessscribe's review against another edition
3.0
I like poetry but I am not the type of person to sit and analyze what I just read which I think a lot of poetry needs so I think a lot of it goes over my head. Was a good way to be exposed to a lot of different poets I probably would not have read otherwise.
losethegirl's review
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
2.75
This was a good anthology, but I wouldn't call it the "best" poems, I would call it the most popular.
celebrin's review against another edition
4.0
While I'm not 100% sure I agree with all of them, this is a fine collection.
elenancalima's review
3.0
3.5 stars.
I'm sorry, but anyone who thinks This Land is Your Land is a) a poem, and b) good, should not edit a poetry anthology.
I'm sorry, but anyone who thinks This Land is Your Land is a) a poem, and b) good, should not edit a poetry anthology.
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