Cat Poetry
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Over the centuries writers as diverse as Thomas Gray, Emily Dickinson, Charles Baudelaire, Rainer Maria Rilke, W. B. Yeats and T. S. Eliot have paid homage to their beloved feline friends in verse.
In this collection of classic verse, cats are celebrated for their companionship, their grace and skill, and their delight in play, as well as their curiosity and naughtiness. You'll meet Mrs Reynolds Cat, The Owl and the Pussycat and the infamous Macavity among many others. Presented in a beautiful hardback edition, this is a perfect gift for cat lovers everywhere.
Emily Dickinson
Known as “The Myth of Amherst” for her withdrawal from society while still a young women, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) had an inner life that was deeply emotional and intense. She know rapture and despair, pondered the wonder of God and the meaning of death. She broke tradition and was criticized for her seminal experiments with unorthodox phrasing, rhyme and broken meter, within concise verse forms, thus becoming an innovator and forerunner of modern poets.
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William Blake
William Blake (1757-1827) was a nonconformist who associated with some of the leading radical thinkers of his day, such as Thomas Paine and Mary Wollstonecraft. A skilled engraver and illustrator, his illustrated poetry collections resembled the illuminated books of the Middle Ages.
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