'What will survive of us is love.' In this new anthology poets from across the ages lead us on a journey of love in its many forms. From Shakespeare to Rossetti, Keats to Auden, Byron to Browning an beyond, as well as a host of contemporary voices including Wendy Cope, Simon Armitage and Carol Ann Duffy, this new gathering of timeless love poems speaks to the heart about this most universal of themes. Whether in marriage or heartbreak, friendship or infatuation, whether in pursuit of the unattainable ideal or else settling down together for life, whether in love or out of it, you will find poems here to touch the heart. A vital assembly of our most treasured and enduring love poems.
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Features poets from across the ages who lead us on a journey of love in its many forms. From Shakespeare to Rossetti, Keats to Auden, Byron to Browning and beyond, as well as a host of contemporary voices including Wendy Cope, Simon Armitage and Carol Ann Duffy, this title presents love poems.
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From Shakespeare and Rossetti to Auden, Armitage and Carol An Duffy, Poetry Please: Love is a treasury of the nation's favourite love poems

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780571315994
Publisert
2015-01-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Faber & Faber
Vekt
296 gr
Høyde
204 mm
Bredde
137 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
208

Forfatter

Biographical note

BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please is the longest-running broadcast of verse anywhere in the world. First aired in 1979, the programme, a request show which broadcasts to one million listeners a week, has become a unique record of the country's best-loved poems over the decades since its inception.