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The Nation's Favourite Poems - Griff Rhys Jones

 

Description: ISBN 0563551437 / Author: Griff Rhys Jones / Genre: Drama / Poetry / Criticism / This collection brings together a wealth of innovative ... more
The Nation's Favourite Poems - Griff Rhys Jones ... poetry styles that have flourished in the 20th century, whether in the witty modern-day sonnets of Wendy Cope, the nonsense poems of Spike Milligan, the prose poems of T.S. Elliot, or the rhythmic and vibrant outpourings of Benjamin Zephaniah.

Newest Review: ... with kings--nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none ... more

 ... too much, If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son! You can understand why this poem came out as favourite. It is truly moving and poignant, inspirational and valid today. The next poem I really like in this anthology is 'Dulce ET decorum est.' By Wilfred Owen, a WW1 Poet. British soldiers considered it a privilege and honour, to fight, and maybe die for their country, in the name of...more

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***The nations favourite poems*** "With a forward by Griff Rhys Jones" 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 ...

 

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