Features

• Parts of the book are set for study in Cambridge IGCSE, O Level and AS and A Level Literature in English syllabuses, but it is designed to have a broader appeal and function, providing verse to enjoy for readers of all ages and backgrounds.
• Famous poets, from Shakespeare to Les Murray, mingle with a wide range of lesser known (but no less exciting and original) voices old and new, often neglected by anthologies.
• This international anthology contains a wide variety of poetry from across the English-speaking world.
• Thematic groupings allow students to make many different connections between the poems, enchancing appreciation and broadening the reader's experience of poetry.
• Brief notes under the poems help with difficult words, phrases and references.
• Can be used alongside Songs of Ourselves Volume 2 and Stories of Ourselves Volumes 1 and 2.