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81 Famous Poems

An Audio Companion to The Norton Anthology of Poetry

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81 Famous Poems

By: William Shakespeare, John Donne, Robert Herricks
Narrated by: Alexander Scourby, Nancy Wickwire, Bramwell Fletcher
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Listen to the sound of English as it was meant to be heard.

This collection of timeless British and American poems is an experience to be treasured. The readings, by brilliant classic actors Alexander Scourby, Nancy Wickwire, and Bramwell Fletcher, are presented in the order they appear in The Norton Anthology of Poetry, Third Edition, and are selected for their ability to delight. The poetry is also among the most anthologized verse in the English language.

Included are such best-loved works as Shakespeare's "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?", John Donne's "Go and Catch a Falling Star", Robert Herrick's "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", Robert Burns' "A Red, Red Rose", John Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn", Walt Whitman's "O Captain, My Captain", and William Butler Yeats' "The Wild Swans at Coole", a total of 81 major poems from 39 poets. It is simply a collection of the best.

Public Domain (P)1992 The Audio Partners Classics Poetry Funny Classic Poetry English Poetry Anthology

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"The readings are seamlessly and expertly delivered with sensitive interpretations." ( Booklist)
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A great anthology- hard to judge it as a story as such because it is a collection of well loved poems, some told better than others but that is often fine to interpretation. I like the female readers more than the male ones but that could be in part due to the selection.

Well known poems

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The poetry is beautiful but sometimes interpreted gloomily by the reader., or not in the rhythm and spirit of the poem.

Beautiful poetry

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The readings helped me to follow and enjoy many of the poems I've previously found difficult to fully appreciate.Thank ypu.

Superb Narration

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Love listening to these stories with my toddler. Love the brevity of the poems and performances.

Excellent Calming Story Telling

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pros. recited beautifully and is a treasure because of it.

cons. There is a intro giving the title. so why then is this not a positive? Rather than the narrator giving the intro its an ascended that starkly contrasts the tone and I would love to get rid of it but don't think you can do that with audible. Who ever produced this needs there head examined.

recited beautifully but .....

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The audio is divided into chapters, but they are just numbered, it does not list the poems, which is frankly ridiculous.

Great readings, but why no list of the poems?

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Another lazy product from Audible. Employ an Editor so that listeners are able to navigate the product

I'm not sure why the narrator up to #50 or so has the same urgent declamatory hectoring phrasing.

Just awful

Marred product

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