Great Love Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)
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Book Reviews of Great Love Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)
Book Review: Nice Collection
Summary: 4 Stars
I ordered this (as a start to Christmas shopping) for my dad. I recieved it today, in excellent condition.
I flipped through the book, it's rather short, but then again poems aren't very long to begin with (some exceptions, of course). It seems they focus more on traditional love poetry mostly from England. There are many famous love poems included in this collection.
My dad was looking for a book on love poems, and I saw this and figured it would be a nice book to have for that. It's a very nice book for the price and many famous poems from some of the greats: the Brownings, Percy Shelley, Robert Burns, Emily Bronte, Poe, Shakespeare and many more!
Book Review: passion and romance
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent collection of love poetry. You won't easily find this many classic gems under a single volume for such a low price. The only thing I regret is I would have liked to have seen some love poems from the second half of the 20th century too. But this collection, spaning 4 centuries, includes most of the greatest romantic verse ever penned by the likes of Shakespeare, Donne, Blake, Burns, Byron, Poe, Browning, Yeats, Dickinson, Whitman, and so on. A worthy addition to any poetry lover's collection.
David Rehak
author of "Poems From My Bleeding Heart"
Book Review: As good as a collection of Love Poems gets
Summary: 4 Stars
I got this as a stocking stuffer for my girlfriend a few years ago. There are some excellent poems, especially Browning and Shakespeare.I did find out by reading this poetry collection that I'm just not a big fan of love poetry. All the best is here, but except for four or five poems, it just doesn't move me.
If you are a lover of romantic poetry however, you can scarcely go wrong with this collection. It contains all the classics and many more. The price is just right too, obviously not published by someone out to make money, but by someone who wanted to share the poetry.
Book Review: Many of the best love poems omitted
Summary: 4 Stars
This anthology has some of the greatest love poems in it. But it also fails to include many great love poems, including those of Wallace Stevens. It too should have stated that it confines itself to English Language poems only. It too has poems of the greatest quality ( the selections of Shakespeare, Donne, Wordsworth) and poems of much lesser value. I too believe that within many individual authors it could have had poems of higher quality.Book Review: Good read from many greats
Summary: 4 Stars
I would not consider myself a big fan of poetry, in fact this is the first book of poetry I've ever read. But I would highly recommend this book because it contains many classic love poems and authors. There are many poems in this little collection that will move anyone who has experienced love.