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The Rattle Bag by Seamus Heaney
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The Rattle Bag

by Seamus Heaney

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We used 'The Rattle Bag' as the text for my upper-level poetry class in college and I absolutely loved pulling it open and discovering new poetry every time. Definitely not the "average" poetry book full of the stock-standard sonnets, e. e. Cummings and Dickinson (not that they're not great -- they're just everywhere). I enjoyed getting a fresher perspective and reading poets I probably would never have discovered on my own. ( )
  writemeg | Nov 8, 2008 |
A collection of more than 400 hundred poems from all around the world.
  RKCLibrary | Jun 8, 2007 |
This is a collection of poetry from across the British Isles and Ireland and I highly recommend it.
A must for any fan of poetry. ( )
  Wanderlust_Lost | Jul 25, 2006 |
The best collection of poetry I have found. Very diverse (in poets, styles, forms, subjects). The cover art is horrible so I hope that isn't on anyone's critera. A collection to just flip through, pick a random page and read! ( )
  Summersoldier | Jul 16, 2006 |
The poems in this book are unusually arranged in alphabetic order of their titles, which makes for some curious juxtapositions. Both editors are poets themselves; they say "we hope...our decision allows the contents to discover themselves as we ourselves gradually discovered them - each poem full of its singular appeal...". ( )
  gibbon | Jul 4, 2006 |
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The Rattle Bag is an anthology of poetry (mostly in English but occasionally in translation) for general readers and students of all ages and backgrounds. These poems have been selected by the simple yet telling criteria that they are the personal favorites of the editors, themselves two of contemporary literature's leading poets.Moreover, Heaney and Hughes have elected to list their favorites not by theme or by author but simply by title (or by first line, when no title is given). As they explain in their Introduction: "We hope that our decision to impose an arbitrary alphabetical order allows the contents [of this book] to discover themselves as we ourselves gradually discovered them--each poem full of its singular appeal, transmitting its own signals, taking its chances in a big, voluble world."With undisputed masterpieces and rare discoveries, with both classics and surprises galore, The Rattle Bag includes the work of such key poets as William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Lewis Carroll, Dylan Thomas, Wallace Stevens, Elizabeth Bishop, and Sylvia Plath among its hundreds of poems. A helpful Glossary as well as an Index of Poets and Works are offered at the conclusion of this hefty, unorthodox, diverse, inspired, and inspiring collection of poetry.

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