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what's your favourite poetry anthology?

>> No.14102494

>>14102419
I have the Norton Anthology of Poetry

>> No.14102507

>>14102494
how do you read a 2000-paged book comfortably?

>> No.14102512

>>14102507
You mean by the weight/seize? Or for how long is it?

>> No.14102570

>>14102512
by weight/size.

>> No.14102603

>>14102570
Well it doesn't feel much heavier than let say The Illiad. Though I think mine is the shorter edition, about 1200 pages

>> No.14102616

It's French: Anthologie de la poésie francaise, Pierre de Boisdeffre. I grew up reading it, it opened so many different worlds, and I loved the short biographical notes before each poet's works. I recommend it to anyone who speaks a modicum of French

>> No.14102630

>>14102616
I was looking for something like this anon. I downloaded Le Livre d'Or de la Poésie Francais, but the font it's horrendous.

>> No.14102687

>>14102603
can you link me? every norton I'm seeing is either 2000 or 3000 pages

>> No.14102691

relevant question, any of you anons know a good poetry anthology with a focus on bringing authors from different countries in a book?

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>>14102630
I hope it follows what you're looking for! This is a random page from the book, so you can see the fonts

>> No.14102766

>>14102687
https://www.amazon.com/Norton-Anthology-Poetry-Shorter-Fifth/dp/0393979210

>> No.14102857

>>14102766
thanks

>> No.14102873
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The Complete Poems of John Donne

>> No.14103042
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14103042

101 poems to be heard, by Christopher Reid

>> No.14103055
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Top 500 poems. Decent selection of poems plus commentary

>> No.14103110

>>14102873
this is a man of culture. Why is John Donne so under appricated these days? the divine sonnet on death got me through my fathers passing

>> No.14103189

>>14103042
interesting premise, can you perhaps give a pic of the contents?

>> No.14103202

>>14103110
Go and catch a falling star,
Get with child a mandrake root,
Tell me where all past years are,
Or who cleft the devil's foot,
Teach me to hear mermaids singing,
Or to keep off envy's stinging,
And find
What wind
Serves to advance an honest mind.

If thou be'st born to strange sights,
Things invisible to see,
Ride ten thousand days and nights,
Till age snow white hairs on thee,
Thou, when thou return'st, wilt tell me,
All strange wonders that befell thee,
And swear,
No where
Lives a woman true, and fair.

If thou find'st one, let me know,
Such a pilgrimage were sweet;
Yet do not, I would not go,
Though at next door we might meet;
Though she were true, when you met her,
And last, till you write your letter,
Yet she
Will be
False, ere I come, to two, or three.

>> No.14103224

>>14103055
wow great collection. Shame about the name.
Is the commentary included in the book?

>> No.14103404

>>14102873
based

>> No.14103453

>>14103110
>>14103202
Well, shit is really great!
How do I get into him?


Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so;
For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.
Thou'art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy'or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

>> No.14103812

Staying alive

>> No.14103966

>>14102419
Rabindranath Tagore's poetry is a bit too sweet for my taste. His short stories are better.

>> No.14104000

>>14102616
Absolutely based.
All their bilingual anthologies of poetry are also excellent. German, Italian, Spanish, English and Chinese.

>> No.14104784

>>14103966
agreed. also I dont understand them

>> No.14105230

>>14103812
this

>> No.14105764

>>14103966
I read his short stories a while back. They felt a bit bland and dated. Like they were from a different era. Decent writer but still leaves me wanting, unlike Chekhov.

>> No.14105838

>>14105764
Main charm of Tagore lies in his prose, so you need to read him in original to really 'get' him. His contribution to Bengali is basically what Shakespeare's contribution is to English language.

>> No.14105920

>>14102691
Would also appreciate if anyone could recommend such a volume.

>> No.14106505

>>14103966
>>14105838
his prose even in english has universal soul. try reading his letters.

>If I had gone off to bed leaving the shutters closed, and thus missed [the moon], it would have stayed there all the same, without any protest against the mocking lamp inside. Even if I had remained blind to it all my life – letting the lamp triumph to the end – til for the last time I went darkling to bed – even then the moon would have been there, sweetly smiling, unperturbed and unobtrusive, waiting for me as she has throughout the ages.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7951/7951-h/7951-h.htm