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4 out of 5 stars
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Roger
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10-27-09
Enjoyable and enlightening
This is an engaging survey of English language poetry, incorporating poems from both England and America. The mark of a good survey is that is leaves you wanting to dig deeper into the subject, and this certainly book does that. The book covers not only different poets, but the development of poetry over the centuries, and it left me wanting more.
Derek Jacobi is an excellent reader, but he doesn't read most of the poems. The readers of the poems are themselves good, but be warned: poetry takes more concentration and involvement than our multi-tasking, couch-potato society is used to, and you'll find yourself rewinding to rehear many of the poems. It is well worth it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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06-21-15
Thrilling and Educational
The combination of the writing and narration is so stimulating that I often had to pause it so I could consider what I just heard. I enjoyed the general sweep of the history and discovered some poetry not previously on my radar.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Chris
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05-15-10
An Excellent introduction
I was expecting an anthology but this is a narrative history of the arts with examples read to illustrate the story. For a person like me who has little understanding of poetry this reaally gives a great overview. It is very well read by the narrator as well. It left me wanting to listen to more poetry
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mr
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05-09-15
profoundly illuminating and worth every penny
I struggled to understand poetry before this book but brilliantly explained and narrated a revelation
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