The Essential Poetry Collection

by John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oscar Wilde

This beautiful box set contains anthologies of poems by ten of the best-known poets from across the ages. Ideal for anyone interested in learning more about poetry or for those who have already enjoyed some poets but want to become familiar with more of the greats, this set includes the work of Shelley, Keats, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Wordsworth, Oscar Wilde, Walt Whitman, W B Yeats and Edward Lear. In addition, there is a handy journal so that readers can record their thoughts on reading a poem for the first time or even be inspired to being writing poems themselves. By turns, soulful, charming or humorous, these works have thrilled generations of readers and will continue to do so for many years to come.

Genres: Poetry

Paperback

Published February 1, 2020

About the author

Rich melodic works in classical imagery of English poet John Keats include " The Eve of Saint Agnes ," " Ode on a Grecian Urn ," and " To Autumn ," all in 1819.

Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley include "Adonais," an elegy of 1821 to John Keats.

Work of the principal of the Romantic movement of England received constant critical attacks from the periodicals of the day during his short life. He nevertheless posthumously immensely influenced poets, such as Alfred Tennyson. Elaborate word choice and sensual imagery characterize poetry, including a series of odes, masterpieces of Keats among the most popular poems in English literature. Most celebrated letters of Keats expound on his aesthetic theory of "negative capability."

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