On 2005-12-24 Shalom Freedman, Jerusalem,Israel wrote: Reading through this volume I find it difficult to become deeply engaged. Something in the archaic, quaint language of much of the poetry deters.
Yet there is a poem, the poem of all the anthologies that is a great and memorable one, one that justifies a life- work.
´ How do I love thee , Let me count the ways´ is one of the most beautiful and inspiring love- poems ever written.. And summed up by saying One great and memorable poem justifies a life - work . Currently Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Selected Poems has an overall rating of 10 over 10.
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Margaret Forster claimed I love thee with a love I seemed to loseWith my lost saints-I love thee with the breath,Smiles, tears, of all my life!-and, if God choose,I shall but love thee better after death.Bloomsbury Poetry Classics are selections from the work of some of our greatest poets. The series is aimed at the general reader rather than the specialist and carries no critical or explanatory apparatus. This can be found elsewhere. In the series the poems introduce themselves, on an uncluttered page and in a format that is both attractive and convenient. The selections have been made by the distinguished poet, critic, and biographer Ian Hamilton.
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