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Analysed some of these poems for school and apart from the stress of memorising these poems, I really enjoyed learning about the poetic devices and meanings of each poem.

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4.0

While Seamus Hegney’s introductory essay is brief it does flesh out some biographical details that make “getting” these poems a little easier (I know a lot of people decry it but I find context to be a wonderful thing). I’ve never been a huge fan of Wordsworth but when he moves me, he is superb.

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5.0

Part of my purpose of reading at least one poem a day, this was pulled from my library quite randomly. I frankly didn't think I'd enjoy these poems as much as I did, being all elegiac about nature and all that. I will not even pretend to do a literary analysis. I will just say I found a phrase that made me pause - for beauty, for relevance, for being so surprisingly modern - in almost every poem. But than, again, it is Wordsworth, so what am I surprised about. Recommended especially if you like to read poetry aloud.

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