Penguin's Poems for Life

Penguin's Poems for Life
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 444
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ISBN-10 : 9780141889795
ISBN-13 : 0141889799
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Book Synopsis Penguin's Poems for Life by : Laura Barber

Download or read book Penguin's Poems for Life written by Laura Barber and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-09-25 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Contains an introduction by Laura Barber.


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