100 Best-Loved Poems

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0486285537 ISBN13: 9780486285535 Release Date: October 1995 Publisher: Dover Publications Length: 112 Pages Weight: 1.30 lbs. Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.8" Age Range: 11 years and up Grade Range: Grade 6 and higher Here are some of the most-loved poems in the English language, chosen not merely for their popularity, but for their literary quality as well. Dating from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, these splendid poems remain evergreen in their capacity to engage our minds and refresh our spirits. Among them are Marlowe: "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"; Shakespeare: "Sonnet XVIII" ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"); Donne: "Holy Sonnet X" ("Death, be not proud"); Marvell: "To His Coy Mistress"; Wordsworth: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"; Shelley: "Ode to the West Wind"; Longfellow: "The Children's Hour"; Poe: "The Raven"; Tennyson: "The Charge of the Light Brigade"; Whitman: "O Captain! My Captain!