100 Poems to Break Your Heart
100 Poems to Break Your Heart
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Houghton Mifflin
Annotation: 100 of the most moving and inspiring poems of the last 200 years from around the world, a collection that will comfort and enthrall anyone trapped by grief or loneliness, selected by the award-winning, best-selling, and beloved author of How to Read a Poem
 
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Catalog Number: #287523
Format: Publisher's Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Copyright Date: 2021
Edition Date: 2021 Release Date: 03/30/21
Pages: xviii, 492 pages
ISBN: 0-544-93188-2
ISBN 13: 978-0-544-93188-6
Dewey: 808.81
LCCN: 2020033839
Dimensions: 24 cm.
Language: English
Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Reading Level: 6.0
Interest Level: 9+

100 of the most moving and inspiring poems of the last 200 years from around the world, a collection that will comfort and enthrall anyone trapped by grief or loneliness, selected by the award-winning, best-selling, and beloved author of How to Read a Poem

Implicit in poetry is the idea that we are enriched by heartbreaks, by the recognition and understanding of suffering—not just our own suffering but also the pain of others. We are not so much diminished as enlarged by grief, by our refusal to vanish, or to let others vanish, without leaving a record. And poets are people who are determined to leave a trace in words, to transform oceanic depths of feeling into art that speaks to others.

In 100 Poems to Break Your Heart, poet and advocate Edward Hirsch selects 100 poems, from the nineteenth century to the present, and illuminates them, unpacking context and references to help the reader fully experience the range of emotion and wisdom within these poems.

 For anyone trying to process grief, loneliness, or fear, this collection of poetry will be your guide in trying times.


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