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gothrella_'s review against another edition
4.0
This was a delight to read and I feel if I wasn't a literature student I wouldn't have liked it as much. I couldn't help but pinpoint all of the imagery, metaphores, sound systems, foregrounding it was very fun.
rebekahflora's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
1.0
The only worthwhile poems in here are The Owl and the Pussy-Cat, The Dong With a Luminous Nose, and The Pelican Chorus. Also, listen to Cosmo Sheldrake’s song ‘Pelicans We’ based on the latter. You’re welcome.
urlphantomhive's review against another edition
1.0
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This was utter nonsense!
I guess the title should have given fair warning, but I was still surprised at it. Maybe I was missing a lot, but I could not get anything out of these poems and was just hoping the book would finish quickly.
Really not my cup of tea.
~Little Black Classics 100~
This was utter nonsense!
I guess the title should have given fair warning, but I was still surprised at it. Maybe I was missing a lot, but I could not get anything out of these poems and was just hoping the book would finish quickly.
Really not my cup of tea.
~Little Black Classics 100~
piperbunny's review against another edition
3.0
It really is full of Nonsense but I rather liked it. Lovely surprise to see the Owl and the Pussy Cat.
mimsyweretheborogoves's review against another edition
4.0
the joy this brought me is!! immeasurable!!
iriswindmeijer's review against another edition
3.0
The title of this book says it all, it consists solely of complete nonsense. Nevertheless, it is fun. The poetry and illustrations are amusing and so are the songs.
This book is something fun to pick up every once in a while.
This book is something fun to pick up every once in a while.
emmahw's review against another edition
3.0
Everyone's familiar with 'The Owl and the Pussycat' from their childhood and this lovely collection of Edward Lear poems will transport you right back to your younger days. This is a wonderfully nonsensical book that can be enjoyed by people of all ages.
I read this book as one of my set texts for next year of uni and finished it in only a couple of days. It's really short with lovely little illustrations to accompany the text and I found it was great as a light reliever from revision stress. This is by no means a criticism but I was amazed at how many of the poems resulted in death; it was never something I'd noticed as a child. And yet, reading through his limericks there was poem after poem of people getting killed or murdered. Somehow the sing-song rhymes made their deaths just that little bit more sinister.
A lot of the poems were very familiar to me and it was nice re-reading old favourites. As a child I had a CD of Spike Milligan reading nonsense rhymes and quite a few of the poems in this collection were read out on the CD. I really enjoyed re-reading childhood favourites and would definitely recommend this book to anyone with a small child or anyone who just wants a trip down memory lane.
I read this book as one of my set texts for next year of uni and finished it in only a couple of days. It's really short with lovely little illustrations to accompany the text and I found it was great as a light reliever from revision stress. This is by no means a criticism but I was amazed at how many of the poems resulted in death; it was never something I'd noticed as a child. And yet, reading through his limericks there was poem after poem of people getting killed or murdered. Somehow the sing-song rhymes made their deaths just that little bit more sinister.
A lot of the poems were very familiar to me and it was nice re-reading old favourites. As a child I had a CD of Spike Milligan reading nonsense rhymes and quite a few of the poems in this collection were read out on the CD. I really enjoyed re-reading childhood favourites and would definitely recommend this book to anyone with a small child or anyone who just wants a trip down memory lane.