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The 100 best love poems of all time, edited by Leslie Pockell ; with Adrienne Avila and Katharine Rapkin

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The 100 best love poems of all time, edited by Leslie Pockell ; with Adrienne Avila and Katharine Rapkin

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eng

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The 100 best love poems of all time

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edited by Leslie Pockell ; with Adrienne Avila and Katharine Rapkin

Summary

Here, in one compact volume, is a greatest hits collection of the 100 bets love poems ever written by 100 of the world's greatest poets. This essential anthology is ideal for the romantic-and will inspire any cynic. The poets included range throughout the history of world literature: from the Classics (Sappho, Catullus) and Renaissance (Shakespeare, Donne, Dante) to the Romantics (Shelly, Keats, Wordsworth) and 20th century giants (Frost, Lorca, Graves), right down to the present day (Viorst, Patchen, Neruda). Each poem features a brief introduction, which details the poet's life history as well as the poem's significance

Target audience

adult

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One hundred best love poems of all time

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