Tyger Tyger, Burning Bright - Much-Loved Poems You Half-Remember

A beautifully produced collection of much loved poems, grouped thematically with entertaining mini-biographies of each poet. Features an index of familiar lines, as well as a list of poets to make it easy to find your favourites. The second book from the author of "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud", which sold 55,000 copies, the poets include Wordsworth, ee cummings, John Donne, A.A. Milne and many others.

About the author

Ana Sampson grew up in Kent. She studied English Literature at the University of Sheffield and gained a BA and MA before starting a career in publishing PR. Ana has contributed articles to various publications including Writers' Market UK, The Book Club Bible and The Bookseller. She has appeared on television and radio discussing books, book clubs, teenage diaries and poetry. She has compiled several collections of poetry for Michael O'Mara Books including I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, Tyger Tyger Burning Bright, Poems to Learn by Heart and Green and Pleasant Land.

Summary

Tyger Tyger, Burning Bright is perfect to dip into on the reader's whim, the chapters cover childhood and youth, nature, love and romance, home and travel, elegies, and more.

Foreword

Tyger Tyger, Burning Bright contains verses from more than eighty of the world's favourite poets, from the thirteenth century to the present day.

Product details

• Authors: Ana Sampson, Sampson Ana
• Assisted by: Ana Sampson (Editor)
• Publisher: O'Mara M.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2011
• EAN: 9781843175940
• ISBN: 978-1-84317-594-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 322 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; NON-CLASSIFIABLE, POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors), Gift books, Poetry anthologies (various poets)