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Rating: - An Overview of Already-Familiar American Poems
The project undertaken is much larger than this small book can handle. It includes many of the old classic poems from which Americans know a line or two, so it is handy if you are studying trivia or if it just really, really bugs you when you can't remember what something is from. I guess that's my main use for the book. Much of it will seem rehashed if you are interested in poetry and looking for something new.
Perhaps you will enjoy this book more if you are new to poetry; my advice is to choose a poem you like, then read more by that author. On the other hand, for a dollar you can hardly go wrong adding this book to another order. You might buy a couple and hand them around just to raise awareness of poetry, which isn't read in schools as it was a hundred years ago.
Rating: - All in all a decent book of poetry.
This book is a good one to have if you are interested in reading poetry or are interested in writing poetry yourself. It has some insiteful works that will help anyone see the wonders and joys, sorrows, joys and pains of the great American Poets.
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