Classic Fm 100 Favourite Poems

Author : Classic FM
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : English poetry
ISBN : 0340920041

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One Hundred Favourite Poems by Classic FM Pdf

This delightful anthology is a timeless collection of poems chosen by Classic FM listeners. With humorous limericks, romantic sonnets, traditional and modern classics, this book is a true refelction of the greatest and best-loved verse. Discover poems for special occasions, as well as poems to suit any mood. Whether you're reading them for the first time or revisiting a classic, this is a selection to enchant, move and delight. Classic FM Favourite Poems is an essential collection for every bookshelf. Poets include: Edward Lear, Sir John Betjeman, William Wordsworth, Robert Burns, William Shakespeare, Robert Frost, Pam Ayres, Hilaire Belloc, John Donne, Cole Porter, Jenny Joseph, Lord Byron. Which poem has topped the list? Will it be Keats or Yeats, Jenny Joseph or Oscar Wilde? Find out how your favourite poem has rated.

Author : Mike Read
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : English poetry
ISBN : 0340728337

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Classic FM One Hundred Favourite Humorous Poems by Mike Read Pdf

A collection of the 100 favourite humorous poems of listeners to Classic FM. There are biographies of all the poets, who include Betjeman, Belloc, Brooke, Carroll, Chesterton, Eliot, W.S. Gilbert, Keats, Lear, McGough, Milne, and more.

Author : Mike Read
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1997-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1859989829

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Classic FM 100 Favourite Poems by Mike Read Pdf

When Classic FM conducted a poll of the nation's 100 favourite poems in June 1997, they were overwhelmed by the response. These compact disks contains all 100 poems, each with an introduction by Mike Read, who conducted the poll on his breakfast show.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:60164427

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Classic FM 100 Favourite Poems. [read by T.P. McKenna and Others] by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : IND:30000110610726

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Classic FM Favourite Poems by Anonim Pdf

This delightful anthology is a timeless collection of poems chosen by Classic FM listeners. You'll find humorous limericks next to romantic sonnets, and traditional works next to modern classics. Discover poems for special occasions, as well as poems to suit any mood. Whether you're reading them for the first time or revisiting a classic, this is a selection to enchant, move and delight. One Hundred Favourite Poems is a poetry anthology for every bookshelf. Includes poems by Edward Lear, Sir John Betjeman, William Wordsworth, Robert Burns, William Shakespeare, Robert Frost, Pam Ayres, Hilaire Belloc, John Donne, Cole Porter and Lord Byron.

Author : Mike Read
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : English poetry
ISBN : 0340713208

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Classic FM One Hundred Favourite Poems by Mike Read Pdf

Contains works chosen by Classic FM listeners in the poll to discover their favourite poems. This book includes poems by Betjeman, Kipling, Shakespeare, Yeats, Wordsworth and Auden, among many others, as well as biographies of the poets.

Author : Anne Harvey
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752499840

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Adlestrop Revisited by Anne Harvey Pdf

Edward Thomas never left the train that stopped briefly at a Cotswold station, Adlestrop, just before World War I, but what he saw resulted in one of the best known and loved English poems, Adlestrop. Generations of literary pilgrims have visited the village which inspired the poem, while many of today's writers have composed their own tributes to the poet and the place where, after the closure of the station, the nameboard was lovingly retained. This anthology explores Adlestrop's literary, topographical and railway associations. Anne Harvey investigates the origins of the poem: did the train really stop 'unwontedly'? Was it an express? Was Thomas travelling alone? His fascination with the railways began in boyhood and is seen in two of his little-known short stories, 'A Third-Class Carriage' and 'Death by Misadventure'. The book also examines the connection with Jane Austen, who visited her Leigh relatives at Adlestrop Park and Rectory, and there are poems from Peter Porter, Alan Brownjohn, P.J. Kavanagh, Dannie Abse and Brian Patten. A wide selection of illustrations includes facsimiles of Edward Thomas's original manuscript and notebook entries, photographs and fine wood engravings by well-known artists. This engaging anthology will appeal to all who have read and loved this classic poem.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789401202510

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Theory into Poetry by Anonim Pdf

At the beginning of the 21st century, there is still no generally accepted comprehensive definition of the lyric or differentiated modern toolkit for its analysis. The reception of poetry is largely characterised either by an empathetic identification of critics with the lyric persona or by exclusive interest in formal patterning. The present volume seeks to remedy this deficit. All the contributors ‘theorise’ the lyric to overcome the impasse of an impressionistic and narrowly formalistic critical debate on the genre. Their papers focus on a variety of different questions: the problem of establishing a framework for definition and classification; the search for dynamic and potent critical approaches; investigations of poetry's cultural performance and its fundamental relevance for the construction of group cohesion. The essays collected in this volume offer a consciously polyphonic range of theories and interpretations, suggesting to the reader a variety of theoretical frameworks and practical illustrations of how a discussion of poetry may be firmly grounded in modern literary theory.

Author : Scholastic
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1407162438

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Favourite Poems: 101 Children's Classics by Scholastic Pdf

Silly, fantastical, romantic, thought-provoking... This new collection includes 101 classic poems that every child should read! Find Tennyson, Keats, Shelley, Wordsworth, Edward Lear, Emily Dickinson, Shakespeare and many more. The poems are organized by theme, and lively introductions provide information on the poets and their craft. Includes an index and glossary of poetic form.

Author : Arthur James Wells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1926 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Bibliography, National
ISBN : UOM:39015079755628

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The British National Bibliography by Arthur James Wells Pdf

Author : William Harmon
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0231112599

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The Classic Hundred Poems by William Harmon Pdf

Contains one hundred of the most anthologized poems in the English language, and includes notes, profiles of the authors, and bibliographic information; presented in chronological order with a glossary, and author, title, and first line indexes.

Author : Andrew Motion
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-02
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780241971628

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Poetry by Heart by Andrew Motion Pdf

Poetry by Heart - based on the hugely successful nationwide schools competition, 200 magical poems to learn by heart 'The poems we learn stay with us for the rest of our lives. They become personal and invaluable, and what's more they are free gifts - there for the taking' Simon Armitage Two years ago former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion had the idea of setting up Poetry by Heart - a nationwide annual competition for secondary schools which asked contestants to learn two or three poems and be judged on their recitations, first at school level, then regional, then in a national final held at London's National Portrait Gallery. It's proved a huge success, with hundreds of schools participating in the first year, and numbers up by 20% in the second. Coinciding with the start of the third year of competition, and published on National Poetry Day whose theme coincidentally in 2014 is Recitation, this Poetry by Heart anthology brings together the pool of poems - 200 altogether - from which contestants make their choices. Specially picked by Motion and his three co-editors, these poems make up a treasure house - of almost-unknown poems and familiar poems from the mainstream; love poems and war poems; funny poems and heartbroken poems; poems that recreate the world we know and poems written on the dark side of the moon. And all chosen with a view to their being recited out loud. From William Wordsworth to Wilfred Owen, Emily Brontë to Elizabeth Bishop this wonderfully enjoyable anthology will be enjoyed by all ages and includes the best poets from the past to the present day. In a groundbreaking feature, the book includes QR codes which allow readers to use their mobile phones to listen to recordings of the poems - many of them specially recorded by the poets themselves. Sir Andrew Motion was Poet Laureate from 1999 till 2009, and is Professor of Creative Writing at Royal Holloway College, London. Jean Sprackland'sTilt won the Costa Poetry award in 2008. She is a Reader in Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University. Julie Blake is co-Founder and Director of The Full English, an organization based in Bristol which provides support to teachers of English Literature. Mike Dixon is an educational consultant specializing in English in the classroom.

Author : William Sieghart
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780571290130

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Winning Words by William Sieghart Pdf

Faster, higher, stronger: winning words are those that inspire you on to Olympian goals. From falling in love to overcoming adversity, celebrating a new born or learning to live with dignity: here is a book to inspire and to thrill through life's most magical moments. From William Shakespeare to Carol Ann Duffy, our most popular and best loved poets and poems are gathered in one essential collection, alongside many lesser known treasures that are waiting to be discovered. These are poems that help you to see the miraculous in the commonplace and turn the everyday into the exceptional - to discover, in Kipling's words, that yours is the Earth and everything that's in it.

Author : R. D. Rosen,Harry Prichett,Rob Battles
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780698141223

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Throw the Damn Ball by R. D. Rosen,Harry Prichett,Rob Battles Pdf

A hilarious collection of poetry by dogs—the perfect gift for lovers of literature and pups alike. “Dogs seldom make passes At dogs passing gasses.” Are these the words of Dorothy Parker? Ogden Nash? Nope, the author is Sparky from Milton, Pennsylvania. Sparky, Snowy, Tucker, Louie, these canine laureates have written a volume of poetry displaying the brilliance and wit we've always suspected our dogs were hiding from us. They also, it turns out, revere the human geniuses who came before them, as you’ll see with “There Is No Frigate Like A Pavement”—an homage to Emily Dickinson—and “Do Not Go Gentle.” Yes, Dylan Thomas would love it.

Author : Roy Jay Cook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : Poetry
ISBN : UVA:X000335789

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One Hundred and One Famous Poems by Roy Jay Cook Pdf