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schellenbergk's review against another edition
Hmmm... not as charmed as I hoped I would be. The Night Before Christmas remains the perfect Christmas poem. Many of the others grate by being too maudlin or sanctimonious. The inclusion of lyrics of very familiar carols just makes one wonder why this one and not that?
Many of the poems by famous names strike me as their lesser efforts. But the collection somewhat recovers in the After Christmas section at the end, to me the best part of the book.
Many of the poems by famous names strike me as their lesser efforts. But the collection somewhat recovers in the After Christmas section at the end, to me the best part of the book.
janeallison's review against another edition
4.0
Didnât get to it until well into the 12 days of Christmas. Some traditional favorites, many that were new to me, and just a few cheeky modern ones.
erinmae555's review against another edition
3.0
A lot more religious than I thought- which seems like I should have known. The section âAfter Christmasâ was very relatable. Noteworthy poems included:
A Lullaby - Janet Lewis
Christmas at Sea - Robert Louis Stevenson
Christmas Robin- Robert Graves
(From) For The Time Being - W.H. Auden
Epiphany - Robert Fitzgerald
And a noteworthy poet was Phyllis McGinley.
A Lullaby - Janet Lewis
Christmas at Sea - Robert Louis Stevenson
Christmas Robin- Robert Graves
(From) For The Time Being - W.H. Auden
Epiphany - Robert Fitzgerald
And a noteworthy poet was Phyllis McGinley.
msand3's review against another edition
2.0
Itâs hard to imagine how such a fine collection of poets could produce such lackluster verse. There are major names here -- Tennyson, Yeates, Eliot, Dickinson, Hardy, Kipling, Longfellow, Milton, Donne, Hardy, etc. -- yet the entire collection is disjointed, which is a strange way to describe a book of topical poems. I can only conclude that Christmas (especially the Adoration tale) isnât the most inspiring topic for great poetry. All the big names take a crack at it and miss -- sometimes wildly. The traditional carols, some of which are anonymous, are familiar from childhood (and endless holiday airplay), but read on the page like kitschy doggerel. Not even the inclusion of one of my favorite poets, Philip Larkin, can save this collection. I think next year I'll stick to prose narratives for my Christmas reading.
sookie13's review against another edition
3.0
Not as good as I hoped, way too many nativity poems and religious ones, I was hoping for a bit more charm along the lines of The Night Before Christmas, etc. But it's a beautiful little book, these Everyman Library editions are always lovely.
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