The Nation's Favourite

Poems

Griff Rhys Jones

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BBC
30 June 1997

Poetry; Poetry anthologies

An anthology of inspirational, poignant and funny poems, both old and new, as voted for by the British public

In a nationwide poll to discover Britain's favourite poem, Rudyard Kipling's 'If...' was voted number one.

This unique anthology brings together the results of the poll in a collection of the nation's 100 best loved poems.

Among the selection are popular classics such as Tennyson's 'The Lady of Shallott' and Wordsworth's 'The Daffodils' alongside contemporary poetry such as Allan Ahlberg's 'Please Mrs Butler' and Jenny Joseph's 'Warning'. Also included is the poignant 'Do not Stand at my Grave and Weep'.

By: Griff Rhys Jones
Imprint: BBC
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 205g
ISBN: 9780563387824
ISBN 10: 0563387823
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 30 June 1997
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Nation's Favourite: Poems

A fascinating document in popular taste (readers voted for their 100 best-loved poems), this is a fine and thoughtfully produced reading edition, with many genuinely profound and numinous poems nestling among the stirringly rhythmic and the mawkishly sentimental. A poem like John Masefield's 'Cargoes', or Byron's 'She Walks in Beauty', gains from being placed in a value-free perspective - knowing merely that a piece is popular, we can make up our own minds, with no scholarly claim or context to influence us, whether it earns its keep in our consciousness. Highly recommended. (Kirkus UK)