A review by shewantsthediction
Poetry: A Very Short Introduction by Bernard O'Donoghue

Did not finish book. Stopped at 47%.

This isn't really an introduction to poetry, but rather an introduction to lofty academic debates surrounding poetry. Such as: is poetry for purely for aesthetic pleasure, or for something more, like to teach a moral? What, if any, responsibilities do poets have? Apparently these are big debates amongst poets and in the world of classical poetry, but a whole book on this is not quite what I was looking for.

Unfortunately, it was hard to follow, and repetitive as well. I kept waiting for it to get more interesting and move along, but it just didn't.