Author

Publication

2007 - Penguin Books, Limited

Language

English

Word Count

104,000 words, Guess

Page Count

416 pages

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Classifications

  • LCCPR1174

Description

Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare's idea of the "seven ages" of a human life, this new anthology brings together the best-loved poems in English to inspire, comfort and delight readers for a lifetime. Beginning with babies, the book is divided into sections on childhood, growing up, making a living and making love, family life, getting older, and approaching death, ending with poems of mourning and commemoration.Ranging from Chaucer to Carol Ann Duffy, via Shakespeare, Keats, and Lemn Sissay, this book offers something for each of those moments in life – whether falling in love, finding your first grey hair or saying your final goodbyes – when only a poem will do.

Description

"Here is the perfect book of verse to inspire, comfort and delight you for a lifetime. Whether you are celebrating the birth of a baby, falling in love, earning a living, finding your first grey hair or saying your final goodbyes, this rich and wide-ranging treasury is ideal. For those moments, big or small, that can only be marked with a poem." "Featuring poets as diverse as Sylvia Plath and Geoffrey Chaucer, William Wordsworth and Spike Milligan, as well as Emily Dickinson and William Shakespeare, Penguin's Poems for Life offers you the words you need to express what it means to be alive."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

  • Penguin's Poems for LifePenguin Books, Limited2007-01-01

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