Reviews

Immortal Poems of the English Language by Oscar Williams

coralie_michon's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

so glad i got this book, mine is now filled with memories and annotations
great repertoire, williams selected such a great variety of poems and writers, exploring so many different themes..
it was great

kennedyc's review against another edition

4.0

This was a very nice compilation of poems, but it was a little long and daunting in my opinion. For people recently interested in poetry, I would choose something a little smaller and modern

vegancleopatra's review against another edition

2.0

I enjoy dabbling in poetry so this anthology of the "immortal poems" seemed appropriate for dabbling. However, I felt numerous poets were shortchanged in the book while others were far too represented (like poets I have never even heard of and it seems that was for good reason!). Elizabeth Barrett Browning only had ONE poem in the entire book, ONE. Ridiculous. There were quite a number of poems that I would never consider important to English language poetry nonetheless any good. There were also far too many religious themed poems-granted there would be many throughout the years but far too many represented in one anthology. I did mark quite a few poems throughout my reading and overall my time was not wasted.