This might have been asked before, but here goes...
If you could only read the work of three poets for the rest of your natural, which would they be? You don't have to give any reasons, but if you'd like to, please do.
That's it, simple question. The three poets whose work you couldn't live without.
For me, it's:
1) Wilfred Owen - I first read Dulce et...at school or college years ago and I don't know why, but the last line left me with a feeling of...silence. I felt in awe of him. And then when I found out his life story and how he died - when he died exactly and when his family were told - it made the poem all the more poignant.
2) John Betjeman - I heard Dame Maggie Smith give a reading of Death in Leamington and was hooked from that moment.
3) Wendy Cope - for no other reason than she's just fun. She shows you can write poetry that has rhyme and form, that deals with serious subjects and yet can still put a smile on your face.
If you could only read the work of three poets for the rest of your natural, which would they be? You don't have to give any reasons, but if you'd like to, please do.
That's it, simple question. The three poets whose work you couldn't live without.
For me, it's:
1) Wilfred Owen - I first read Dulce et...at school or college years ago and I don't know why, but the last line left me with a feeling of...silence. I felt in awe of him. And then when I found out his life story and how he died - when he died exactly and when his family were told - it made the poem all the more poignant.
2) John Betjeman - I heard Dame Maggie Smith give a reading of Death in Leamington and was hooked from that moment.
3) Wendy Cope - for no other reason than she's just fun. She shows you can write poetry that has rhyme and form, that deals with serious subjects and yet can still put a smile on your face.
