Book description
This lovely book of poetry brings together over 100 of the most
celebrated and cherished poems of the 20th century. Including poets as
diverse as John Betjeman and Ted Hughes, Siegfried Sassoon and Allan
Ahlberg, and subjects from all avenues of life - war, family life, love,
death, religion, the countryside, animals and comedy - the whole breadth
of the nation's life during the 20th century is encapsulated here.
Compiled and edited by Griff Rhys Jones as part of the successful The
Nations Favourite Poems series, this book brings together the wealth of
new and innovative poetry styles that flourished in the 20th Century.
