Poetry for Pleasure: A Choice of Poetry and Verse on a Variety of Themes

Poetry for Pleasure is an anthology representative of the great wealth of English poetry written between the sixteenth century and the present day. The book is arranged in fifteen sections, each devoted to a different theme. The first two of these comprise verse written mainly for, or about, the young or the very young. Subsequent sections deal with such varied subjects as country pleasures, love and friendship, music and dancing, the sea, time, age, sleep, and death. In fact they cover almost the whole range of human experience. Inevitably, a number of poems will be familiar to most readers, but some will be new to many.

Author: Ian Parsons
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 11/01/1978
Pages: 356
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9780393045154
American Edition