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skittleskittylove12's review against another edition
emotional
informative
slow-paced
3.0
No anthology is perfect. This just overviews what are considered the greats. I disagree with some selections however.
christianscarlett's review against another edition
5.0
I mean, it's a collection of poems. They made good choices, worthy of 5 stars.
pamiverson's review against another edition
3.0
Poems from Middle Ages ballads through Dylan Thomas. Many classical poems, many less familiar, although I probably need more analysis to truly appreciate them. Returning this to a LFL from whence it came.
khetsia's review against another edition
NA/5
Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, William Wordsworth, Wilfred Owen old and new discoveries …
Also lowkey-highkey find it cheeky that my 100th “goodreads read” have this title
Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, William Wordsworth, Wilfred Owen old and new discoveries …
Also lowkey-highkey find it cheeky that my 100th “goodreads read” have this title
wilde28's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
4.0
celeste57's review against another edition
3.5
There are a lot of poems to love here, but there are a few that I think should not have been included and should have been subbed out for some that are more commonly accepted as universally beloved. Also, while this collection covers a wide swath of poets over the course of nearly 5 centuries, it is remarkably white and Anglocentric. Because of this, I believe the title is a bit of a misnomer. It would have been more appropriate to say that these were 100 of the best-loved poems of the Western canon. But all of that is personal opinion. There were many of my lifelong favorites in this collection, so the nostalgia factor alone, along with the very affordable price, made this a worthwhile acquirement.
sputnik2057's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
It's a collection of poems. Some I've heard of and some I hadn't seen yet.