Collected Poems: Volume One
Tags
Summary
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- General readers interested in early twentieth-century English poetry
- Students of English meter and prosody
- Readers doing author-focused reading on Noyes who need the original text
- Those accustomed to using public-domain e-books for excerpting and searching
Not a good fit for
- Readers who only read Chinese translations and are unused to English poetry in the original
- Poetry beginners who need detailed notes and introductions
- Readers who prefer contemporary free verse and dislike traditional metrical poetry
Reading tips
- Read in groups by poem length, choosing three to five poems at a time rather than skimming everything at once.
- Read aloud to feel the sound and rhythm; this is an effective way to understand Noyes's style.
- Mark allusions or historical references first, then look up the background after finishing.
- Keep a notebook of favorite lines to compare language across different poems.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
Contents
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
- 40
- 41
- 42
- 43
- 44
- 45
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- 50
- 51
- 52
- 53
- 54
- 55
- 56
- 57
- 58
- 59
- 60
- 61
- 62
FAQ
Is there a Chinese translation of this poetry collection?
Can I understand it without notes?
Is it suitable for poetry beginners?
Comments
Find this book
This site is an index: you start “Search all sources” in your browser, and the entries it lists all point to third-party sites; please judge their availability yourself.
About the author
Alfred Noyes (1880–1958) was an English poet. Available public information is limited. Seven of his works are held in this collection, including two volumes of Collected Poems, as well as the poetry collections The New Morning: Poems, Watchers of the Sky, and The Lord of Misrule, and Other Poems. These titles show that his output was chiefly poetry, both narrative and lyric, with subjects ranging from the sky to war and the sea. Walking Shadows: Sea Tales and Others indicates that he also wrote prose stories on maritime themes, while the one-act war drama Rada: A Drama of War in One Act shows his work in drama. His verse prizes rhythm and narrative drive, and his writings hold a place in twentieth-century English poetry.
