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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
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"Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets Great Poetry" takes 24 classic poems written by well-known authors and turns them into a powerful visual interpretation. I truly loved the illustrations, and they made me appreciate the meaning of each poem. It's not every day that we get the chance to experience something so unique and special. Julian Peters did a wonderful job bringing every poem to life. He gave each reader the opportunity to revisit classical works with themes that can be applied to our everyday lives.
Without giving any spoilers, I would say that my favorite illustration was the one accompanying the poem by Emily Dickinson. I truly felt all the emotions, and my imagination was left wondering.
This is a fantastic book, and I recommend it to anyone who loves poetry or who wants to experience poetry from the point of view of a visual learner.
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Thank you NetGalley, Plough Publishing House, and Julian Peters for allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.
Without giving any spoilers, I would say that my favorite illustration was the one accompanying the poem by Emily Dickinson. I truly felt all the emotions, and my imagination was left wondering.
This is a fantastic book, and I recommend it to anyone who loves poetry or who wants to experience poetry from the point of view of a visual learner.
#PoemstoSeeBy #NetGalley
Thank you NetGalley, Plough Publishing House, and Julian Peters for allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.
*I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
I didn't know what to expect with this title, but I ended up absolutely loving it. Julian Peters has taken a number of classic poems and put them to art. Each poem has a distinct art style that fits it perfectly and tells the story of it. I was a little bummed that the eARC didn't have all the artwork yet since I would have loved to see the art that went with the rest of the poems. It's also nice that each poem is printed separately after the poem with artwork so that you can absorb the poem with or without the art.
I didn't know what to expect with this title, but I ended up absolutely loving it. Julian Peters has taken a number of classic poems and put them to art. Each poem has a distinct art style that fits it perfectly and tells the story of it. I was a little bummed that the eARC didn't have all the artwork yet since I would have loved to see the art that went with the rest of the poems. It's also nice that each poem is printed separately after the poem with artwork so that you can absorb the poem with or without the art.
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Poems to See By is a beautifully and powerfully illustrated short anthology of poems by poets from Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou, ee cummings, Christina Rosetti, WH Auden, Robert Hayden, Langston Hughes, and many others. The illustrations are beautiful, diverse and capture the essence of the poems selected. A longer review to come, when I receive the final galley.
I received a Digital Review Copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
I received a Digital Review Copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Have you ever read poetry with illustrations? Written like a comic but instead of dialogues, there are verses of poems, Poems to see by is a beautiful collection of artist, Julian Peters' interpretation of some well known poems. I loved how in the preface of this book, he talked about the similarities between poetry and comics - something I had not thought of before. He also mentioned how teachers have used his work to help students understand a poem and I can totally see the scaffolds that art offers to the young mind to understand the complex ideas in many of these poems.
The illustrations were in multiple mediums, drawn in crayons, water colours, felt pen, I loved seeing how each brought a different feel to the poems, while matching the mood at the same time. It has been a long time since I have done any proper art (the drawings for my bullet journal aren't very detailed) and Poems to see by was a visual journey into the feel of many of the works.
This is an amazing collection I would go back to to feast my eyes. I am thankful to the publisher for making the ebook available through NetGalley.
The illustrations were in multiple mediums, drawn in crayons, water colours, felt pen, I loved seeing how each brought a different feel to the poems, while matching the mood at the same time. It has been a long time since I have done any proper art (the drawings for my bullet journal aren't very detailed) and Poems to see by was a visual journey into the feel of many of the works.
This is an amazing collection I would go back to to feast my eyes. I am thankful to the publisher for making the ebook available through NetGalley.
Thank you to NetGalley and Plough Publishing House for providing an eARC copy of the book for me to provide an honest review.
This is a wonderful collection of fantastic poems - and the art is absolutely wonderful as well! I wasn't sure what to expect when I chose to look over the book. Some of the poems read as comics might - with panels and text to go with them. While others are whole works of art in themselves. I could almost imagine that many artists had their hands in this book not just Julian Peters. His style for the poems varies here and there. Ink, watercolors, pencils.
It's a wonderful collection of beautiful poems that everyone should read at least once, and I feel that the illustrations only enhance the poems and make them that much more enjoyable. It's always wonderful to see artistic interpretation of classic works of literature and poetry, and this certainly doesn't disappoint at all.
If you're a fan of classic poetry and beautiful art and comics, then I can certainly suggest picking this book up.
This is a wonderful collection of fantastic poems - and the art is absolutely wonderful as well! I wasn't sure what to expect when I chose to look over the book. Some of the poems read as comics might - with panels and text to go with them. While others are whole works of art in themselves. I could almost imagine that many artists had their hands in this book not just Julian Peters. His style for the poems varies here and there. Ink, watercolors, pencils.
It's a wonderful collection of beautiful poems that everyone should read at least once, and I feel that the illustrations only enhance the poems and make them that much more enjoyable. It's always wonderful to see artistic interpretation of classic works of literature and poetry, and this certainly doesn't disappoint at all.
If you're a fan of classic poetry and beautiful art and comics, then I can certainly suggest picking this book up.
Thanks to the publisher for providing me a e-book to review!
I liked it! I wasn't a huge fan of most of the writing style tho. My favorites were the poems by Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson and Edgar Allen Poe.
I liked it! I wasn't a huge fan of most of the writing style tho. My favorites were the poems by Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson and Edgar Allen Poe.