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Poetry by Heart
A Treasury of Poems to Read Aloud
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This anthology is perfect for poetry enthusiasts of any age who appreciate the art of reading aloud and memorising verse, educators seeking a versatile collection for learning, and anyone wishing to explore the rich emotional and cultural breadth of poetry.
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Poetry moves us when we read it but when we say or hear the words aloud it can be spellbinding. From Geoffrey Chaucer to Emily Dickinson, Emily Bronte to Benjamin Zephaniah, the poems included in this treasury have been chosen because they delight the ear as much as they do the mind.
Familiar poems and almost unknown poems. Love poems and war poems. Funny poems and heartbroken poems. Poems that re-create the world we know and poems written on the dark side of the moon.
Poetry by Heart is an essential collection of over 200 poems, from Geoffrey Chaucer to Emily Dickinson, from Christina Rossetti to Benjamin Zephaniah, all carefully chosen for their suitability for learning and reciting. This is an anthology which celebrates the age-old pleasure of reciting poems - an anthology for all ages to treasure.
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Simon Armitage praises the collection: "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."
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ISBN: 9780241275979
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 November 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Illustration: None
Contributors:
- Edited by Mike Dixon
- Edited by Julie Blake
- Edited by Jean Sprackland
- Edited by Andrew Motion
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 35.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 399g
Pages: 576
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About the Author
Sir Andrew Motion was Poet Laureate from 1999 till 2009, and is Professor of Creative Writing at Royal Holloway College, London. Jean Sprackland's Tilt won the Costa Poetry award in 2008. She is a Reader in Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University. Julie Blake is the Director of the national poetry recitation competition Poetry By Heart which she co-founded with Sir Andrew Motion in 2012. Mike Dixon is an educational consultant specializing in English in the classroom.
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