Listopia > Kelly Knox's votes on the list Best Poetry Books (11 Books)
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Howl and Other Poems
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"Probably one of the--if not the most important American Poet.(If there are any....)"
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Ariel
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"I think Plath never really got the recognition she deserved, because she had the great misfortune of Marrying Hughes...."
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Shakespeare's Sonnets
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"Shakespeare probably wrote these for other people who could not write poetry--they are full of wit--most of it aimed at those same people...."
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The Waste Land and Other Poems
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"Once you figure out the whole tarot card thing, it's really pretty simple. "
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience
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"One has to admire Blake's audacity at illustrating his own poems. He probably could not get published today."
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Paradise Lost
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"Book IV...nuff said."
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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"A sentimental favorite; it should be set to music."
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Collected Poems
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"Few poets have loved the language so much and treated it so badly."
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The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
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"Just the Inferno; it's the most fun."
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The Canterbury Tales
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"Unless you've read Chaucer, you can't understand Shakespeare...."
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The Portable Dorothy Parker
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"Dorothy Parker and Sylvia Plath should always be read together."
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