Poetry for Pleasure: A Choice of Poetry and Verse on a Variety of Themes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780393045154)

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
ISBN-10: 0393045153
ISBN-13: 9780393045154
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 11/01/1978
Pages: 356
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.94d