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dandelionfluff's review
4.0
Lately, when I read poetry collections, I hesitate to give star ratings. It feels so... pretentious, taking an art form and assigning it some sort of grade. Yes, I did like these poems; 4 stars. It has a great beat and you can dance to it.
I wish I had a poetry aficionado walking me through these poems, teaching me historical context and opening my mind to all the other elements pressing in. Whenever I don't quite understand an author's work, that's what I need: those scholars or artists (or both) showing me how this came to be and how it can be related to other works of its time. Where do the pieces fall, and do they even fit together? If anyone could point me in a direction, that'd be wonderful.
The scholarly part of me aside, I'm going to give this collection another go at some point.
I wish I had a poetry aficionado walking me through these poems, teaching me historical context and opening my mind to all the other elements pressing in. Whenever I don't quite understand an author's work, that's what I need: those scholars or artists (or both) showing me how this came to be and how it can be related to other works of its time. Where do the pieces fall, and do they even fit together? If anyone could point me in a direction, that'd be wonderful.
The scholarly part of me aside, I'm going to give this collection another go at some point.
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