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jazzy_daveA.E Housmann "A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems" (Penguin Classics)
This was a fairly decent assembly of collected poems by the renowned poet A.E Housman. The rhyme schemes were simple and the themes not overly complex. It was good reading these again after so many years, and a fast one too, but I felt there was a detachment between when it was written and now.
There are not many books of poetry in my list of books that I have read, but as this shows there are some. I felt some of Housman's oeuvre really impressive, though to me his early work in my opinion is slightly inferior to his later work. His philosophy is of course repugnant (XLIV and XLV of A Shropshire Lad are commendations of suicide) and abhorrent. . "The true Lover" is as stark a tale as I have ever read. I am very impressed with that poem.
Overall, then, it is worth reading - but briskly.
This was a fairly decent assembly of collected poems by the renowned poet A.E Housman. The rhyme schemes were simple and the themes not overly complex. It was good reading these again after so many years, and a fast one too, but I felt there was a detachment between when it was written and now.
There are not many books of poetry in my list of books that I have read, but as this shows there are some. I felt some of Housman's oeuvre really impressive, though to me his early work in my opinion is slightly inferior to his later work. His philosophy is of course repugnant (XLIV and XLV of A Shropshire Lad are commendations of suicide) and abhorrent. . "The true Lover" is as stark a tale as I have ever read. I am very impressed with that poem.
Overall, then, it is worth reading - but briskly.
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Date: 2021-04-26 11:40 am (UTC)