The Nation's Favourite: Twentieth Century Poems
This collection brings together a wealth of innovative 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.
This collection brings together a wealth of innovative 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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780563551430 (0563551437)
Publish date: September 30th 1999
Publisher: BBC Books
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Unless people stopped reading poetry after 1970, this is an odd collection of poetry - most of it was written in the first half of the 20th century. Also, a large part of the selection is nature based poetry, which is fine if that is what you are looking for. My personal taste in poetry is more g...