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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49939545 Title: Brush up your poetry! : a many-splendoured tour of the world's best-loved verse Author: Michael Macrone Publisher: New York : MJF Books, 1996. ISBN/ISSN: 1567315267 9781567315264 OCLC:49939545

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Brush up your poetry! : a many-splendoured tour of the world's best-loved verse

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Brush up your poetry! : a many-splendoured tour of the world's best-loved verse

Author:	Michael Macrone
Publisher:	New York : MJF Books, 1996.
Edition/Format:	Book : English
Summary:	Does classic verse "knit your brow" or "whet your whistle"? Either way, you're quoting a great 14th century poet Chaucer, who also coined the phrases "patience is a virtue" and "in one ear and out the other." Brush Up Your Poetry! traces hundreds of similar sayings, mottoes and maxims to their often surprising roots in some of our greatest poetry. You will find the classically poetic, such as Browning's "How do I lov Read more... Does classic verse "knit your brow" or "whet your whistle"? Either way, you're quoting a great 14th century poet Chaucer, who also coined the phrases "patience is a virtue" and "in one ear and out the other." Brush Up Your Poetry! traces hundreds of similar sayings, mottoes and maxims to their often surprising roots in some of our greatest poetry. You will find the classically poetic, such as Browning's "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways", as well as myriad well-known phrases that may surprise you, such as Pope's "a little learning is a dangerous thing," and Longfellow's "into each life some rain must fall." All the memorable lines are placed in context, enabling you to enjoy the poetry, and all the poets are described in concise sketches showing their hearts, minds, and meaning. Spanning Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Whitman, Yeats, Eliot, and Frost, this volume reminds us that poetry is not only alive and well, but also a language we actually speak every day.
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Michael Macrone Find more information about:
ISBN:	1567315267 9781567315264
OCLC Number:	49939545
Description:	255 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Contents:	Introduction -- Geoffrey Chaucer -- William Shakespeare -- Renaissance -- John Milton -- Alexander Pope -- Restoration and 18th century -- William Wordsworth -- Romantic period -- Later 19th century -- William Butler Yeats -- 20th century -- T.S. Eliot.
Responsibility:	Michael Macrone.

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Does classic verse "knit your brow" or "whet your whistle"? Either way, you're quoting a great 14th century poet Chaucer, who also coined the phrases "patience is a virtue" and "in one ear and out the other." Brush Up Your Poetry! traces hundreds of similar sayings, mottoes and maxims to their often surprising roots in some of our greatest poetry. You will find the classically poetic, such as Browning's "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways", as well as myriad well-known phrases that may surprise you, such as Pope's "a little learning is a dangerous thing," and Longfellow's "into each life some rain must fall." All the memorable lines are placed in context, enabling you to enjoy the poetry, and all the poets are described in concise sketches showing their hearts, minds, and meaning. Spanning Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Whitman, Yeats, Eliot, and Frost, this volume reminds us that poetry is not only alive and well, but also a language we actually speak every day.

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