Great Poems

De: Audible Studios

Narrado por: Maxine Peake, Bill Wallis, Rupert Penry-Jones, Jenny Agutter, Bill Paterson, Dean Lennox Kelly, Rupert Holliday Evans

An anthology of over 50 classic poems, read by some of our finest actors. This collection contains a selection of the very best poems, from verses inspired by love to war poetry, nature poems and children's rhymes. Here are much-loved favourites such as 'A Red, Red Rose', 'She Walks in Beauty', 'Anthem for Doomed Youth', 'If...', 'Kubla Khan', 'Ode to a Nightingale', 'Jabberwocky', 'My Shadow' and 'The Jumblies'; as well as timeless poems by such celebrated authors as Shakespeare, Burns, Byron, Shelley, Yeats, Kipling and Wordsworth.

Beautifully read by a wealth of well-known actors, these are poems that you will never tire of listening to. Performed by Maxine Peake, Bill Wallis, Rupert Penry-Jones, Jenny Agutter, Bill Paterson, Dean Lennox Kelly, Rupert Holliday Evans, Michael Jayston, Samantha Bond, Michael Maloney, David Schofield, Anthony Howell, Claire Rushbrook, Alex Jennings, Emilia Fox, Geoffrey Palmer and Julia McKenzie.

Public Domain (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Poems, performed.

Loved most of the poems included in this book. It was nice to have multiple voices narrating, except some were way too soft/quiet to hear. I know they lower their voices for effect but if you can't hear the words ??? I'm a big fan of the chapters or divides between poems so I can stop and start easily.

The narrators did a wonderful job !

There's a little bit of everything for everyone in the content. It's not exactly what my personal choices would have been but it was quite enjoyable.

Chapter titles are unhelpful

Audible ought to take the extra time and actually include poem titles as the chapter names. Otherwise, the anthology is fine with a good mix of narration.

Great!

I enjoyed this. First couple of chapters a bit too many love poems for my taste but overall I enjoyed this listen and will listen again.

great book

I love these poems, very well read , probably the best of all poem books

Great selection of poetry

Well selected works and well performed. I very much enjoyed the characterizations of the poets.

excellent

every poem so delightfully read and the selection of poems were all to my liking . I'm finding that I really enjoy being read to. I do recommend.

Beautifully recited. I listen to this over and over.

Jenny Agutter's readings have such depth of emotion. Love poems, melancholy poems of youth lost, terribly sad poems about the waste that is war, while still honoring the warrior. I love this anthology.

Old favorites

There are a lot of old favorites from some of the greatest ports of all time. You won't be disappointed because there is something in here for everyone.

poorly catalogued but great

This anthology was poorly organized and catalogued, but otherwise, very well done and well read.