Classic poetry

by Michael Rosen

A collection of favorite poems by such writers as William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Edward Lear, Walt Whitman, and Langston Hughes, with portraits of the poets, brief biographical background, and illustrations. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.

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