Six Centuries of VerseAnthony Thwaite A history and an anthology of poetry in the English language, from Chaucer to T.S. Elliot, from Shakespeare to Dylan Thomas. Illustrated with contemporary portraits and landscapes, this book is an introduction to English poetry. Anthony Thwaite received the Cholmondeley Award for Poetry in 1983. |
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Anthony Thwaite. 224 THIRTEEN Early Twentieth Century 1914-39 Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer ; Things fall apart ; the centre cannot hold ; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world , The blood ...
Anthony Thwaite. 224 THIRTEEN Early Twentieth Century 1914-39 Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer ; Things fall apart ; the centre cannot hold ; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world , The blood ...
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... Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer ; Things fall apart ; the centre cannot hold ; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world , The blood - dimmed tide is loosed , and everywhere The ceremony of ...
... Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer ; Things fall apart ; the centre cannot hold ; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world , The blood - dimmed tide is loosed , and everywhere The ceremony of ...
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... turn caused the birth of the Greek nation , which in its turn laid the foundations of modern Europe . . . and so on . Implicit in the picture and in the act itself is the realisation that from it will result Love and War , the two ...
... turn caused the birth of the Greek nation , which in its turn laid the foundations of modern Europe . . . and so on . Implicit in the picture and in the act itself is the realisation that from it will result Love and War , the two ...
Contents
Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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