
The Classic Fifty Poems
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Narrated by:
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Philip Levine
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Paul Muldoon
Newly revised, and read by an ensemble of contemporary poets, The Classic Fifty Poems is a feast for poetry lovers.
©1990, 1997 Columbia University Press (P)16 9; 1998 HighBridge CompanyListeners also enjoyed...














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"Why did no one think of this before?" (The New York Times Book Review)
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New lover
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A technical suggestion is to segment the poems so you have the choice of going directly to a poem. An even more ambitious division would be to also segment the intro and poem separately. I'd be more likely to go back and listen to specific poems. When I feel the impulse to listen to a song, I put in a CD and go directly to the song.
From a technical standpoint, it feels like they took some of the greatest poems in literature but neglected to separate the text into verses and paragraphs.
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Good stuff here
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Very little poetry. Lots of inane commentary.
Great for High School Freshmen
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good selection, poor recitation
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