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ciararosesims's review against another edition
3.0
Mixed bag and felt a little samey. Some beautiful lines though.
ageorge1877's review against another edition
3.0
Love them good Shropshire boyhood vibes but every poem is kinda the same
It's all like... 'there once was a lad from, idk, Buildwas. And boy he sure loved fields. And now, guess what? He's fucking buried under one' but in an ABAB rhyme scheme
Some stunning individual stanzas tho and some of the best examples I've read of storytelling poems that dont feel annoying
Underlined a few potential epigraphs for my novel lol
It's all like... 'there once was a lad from, idk, Buildwas. And boy he sure loved fields. And now, guess what? He's fucking buried under one' but in an ABAB rhyme scheme
Some stunning individual stanzas tho and some of the best examples I've read of storytelling poems that dont feel annoying
Underlined a few potential epigraphs for my novel lol
michael5000's review against another edition
3.0
It seems a little otherworldly to read a book of highly formal, good-quality poetry that was a runaway bestseller appealing most strongly to young men. Worth reading if only for the shock of realizing how much influence it had on twentieth century popular literature. Bracingly morbid, but then Mithridates died old, and by gum A.E. Housman made it to 77 himself.
codexmendoza's review against another edition
4.0
Memories of countryside landscapes dissolving into the shadow of war, dislocation and death.
The form of these poems is sentimental, the subtext is crushing.
The form of these poems is sentimental, the subtext is crushing.