Penguin Poems For Life (Clothbound Classics)

Part of Penguin's handsome hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these collectible copies are bound in high-quality cloth with foil stamping. Taking Shakespeare’s notion of the ‘seven ages’ of human life as inspiration, this anthology gathers the great poems of the English language together for a poetical exploration of existence. The book divides the seven ages into sections, with poems on the theme of infancy as a beginner, moving onto childhood, to adulthood, right through to the approach of death. This is a fantastic survey of poetry, ranging from Chaucer to Carol Ann Duffy.