Poems of Mourning (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)

Poems of Mourning (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series) by Washington, Peter. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780375404566.

Saluting, lamenting and honoring the dead are the poets primal tasts in all ages. Whether it be Ben Jonson pining for his son, Keats and Rilke envisaging their own demise, Wilfred Owen commemorating comrades in war, or Homers Odysseus grieving over his dog—all give expression to the universal need for mourning. But mourning has many forms and moods, and this collection explores them all, from Tennysons black grief to Whitmans radiant melancholy, from Hardys despair to Rochesters humor, from Sassoons anger to Christina Rossettis tender resignation.