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Title: Worth a read
Review: One of the great merits of this anthology is that it includes a fairly wide variety of verse; not just poets that are still familiar to us today, but ones that were widely read during the times. Without slogging through an anthology like this, you may be familiar with "the big names", but never explore the context of their verse or find gems from lesser poets that strike you as interesting or meaningful. I picked up a few new favourites from this anthology and now have a better idea of which poets I wish to pursue more deeply. And the chronological organization is a nice prompt to considering how poetry developed throughout the period.My main gripe, to echo Mr. Caploe, is the introduction. Although interesting, it was not very helpful to me as a relative newcomer to this period. Another nice addition would have been a biography, as textual notes were fairly sparse, generally indicating only where a piece was published.
