100 Poems Every Child -and adult- Should Know - Bog

This is a book of poetry for everyone, and not a -only- aimed at children, as the title might suggest. It is an excuse for adults to buy it for their entire family and discover, together, the magic of Classic Poetry. Also great as a gift or to enrich your own collection.

This carefully compiled anthology aims to bring Classic Poetry back to your night and coffee tables. It will give you and your families a great excuse to spend quality time together, reading, interpreting, debating, and discovering how magical words can be.

The 100 Poems in this collection are distributed in seven themes:Of Life and Love
Of Earth and Sky
Of Flora and Fauna
Of Simple Things
Of Common People and not so Common Virtues
Of Real Adventures and not so Real Tales
Of Faith, Sadness, and Sorrow

You will find masterpieces from the following famous authors, amongst many others:

Alexander Pope - Charles Dickens - Elizabeth Barrett Browning -Robert Burns - Rudyard Kipling - Felicia Hemans - Lewis Carrol -Alfred Tennyson - Emily Elizabeth Dickinson - Anne Bradstreet - Robert Browning - Eugene Field - Walt Whitman - Sara Teasdale

Please feel free to explore the table of contents. You will find:Simple and short poems such as A Word, by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
Love declarations such as The Maiden, by Sara Teasdale
Profound messages such as If..., by Rudyard Kipling
Humorous fantasies such as The Duel, by Eugene Field
Historical tales such as The Landing of the Pilgrims, by Felicia Hemans
Adventures with a dose of tragedy such as O Captain! My Captain!, by Walt Whitman
Pieces which became popular songs such as Soon May the Wellerman Come, the anonymous New Zealand Folk Song
...and 93 more!