The Pocket Book of Verse: Great English and American Poems (W 241)

by Morris Edmund Speare

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• ISBN: B001TEO3M2
• Release Date: January 1960
• Publisher: Washington Square Press
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

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The Pocket Book of Verse by Speare

This is an excellent work for English literature enthusiasts.It covers samples of writings by Geoffrey Chaucer to moremodern writers; such as, Steven Vincent Benet. There are evensome Shakespeare samples contained in the work. For instance,"Where the bee sucks, there suck I:In a cowslip's bell I lie;There I couch when owls do cry"On the bat's back , I do flyAfter summer merrily,Merrily, merrily, shall I live now,Under the blossom that hangs on the bough! from The Tempest"The work is perfect for an all-inclusive collegiate coursein English literature. The style of writing is elegant.This volume depicts the English language utilization in itsfinest mode. In addition, a strength of the work is that itcontains a smudgeon of the olde English conventions andstyle of writing.