{"product_id":"9781641810845","title":"POEMS: Every Child Should Know","description":"\u003cp\u003eA treasure trove of more than two hundred poems, this gem of an anthology compiled by Mary E Burt is indeed a most valuable set of poems to read or listen to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1904\u003cem\u003e, Poems Every Child Should Know \u003c\/em\u003econtains some well-loved verses like Thomas Gray's \u003cem\u003eElegy Written in a Country Churchyard\u003c\/em\u003e, Lewis Carroll's delightful parody \u003cem\u003eFather William,\u003c\/em\u003e Felicia Hemans' deeply-moving \u003cem\u003eCasablanca \u003c\/em\u003eand other favorites. It also has lesser-known but equally beautiful pieces like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's \u003cem\u003eThe Arrow and The Song\u003c\/em\u003e, Robert Browning's \u003cem\u003eThe Incident of the French Camp, \u003c\/em\u003eEugene Field's nonsense lyrics \u003cem\u003eWynken, Blynken and Nod\u003c\/em\u003e and a host of other wonderful verses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor modern day children, unaccustomed to reading and memorizing poetry, the book is a throwback to the days when this was the norm in most classrooms and homes. Fragments from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, in which Mark Antony pays tribute to the dead Brutus, Polonius' advice to his son Laertes from Hamlet with the stirring lines, “This above all: to thine own self be true...” are some of the masterpieces contained here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore classics at iBoo.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fatih Oncu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037351624944,"sku":"9781641810845","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781641810845_p0.jpg?v=1763687327","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781641810845","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}