Poetry in the English language expresses every mood and emotion from love to violence and employs every rhythm and style from sonnets to free verse. Including selections from more than 100 English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh poets, this anthology spans 15 centuries--from the Old English period of "Caedmon's Hymn" through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance ; from the Restoration and the 18th century to the era of Romanticism and the Victorian poets ; and including the Modern and Post-Modern verse of Edith Sitwell, W.H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Stevie Smith, and Ted Hughes.
Poetry in the English language expresses every mood and emotion from love to violence and employs every rhythm and style from sonnets to free verse. Including selections from more than 100 English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh poets, this anthology spans 15 centuries--from the Old English period of "Caedmon's Hymn" through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance ; from the Restoration and the 18th century to the era of Romanticism and the Victorian poets ; and including the Modern and Post-Modern verse of Edith Sitwell, W.H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Stevie Smith, and Ted Hughes.