Jonathan Bate

Paula Byrne

In this little book is one of the oldest of all remedies for stress: the reading of poetry. Intended to help you endure some of your stressful moments and painful experiences, these poems tell us we are not alone.

Stressed, Unstressed

Maxime van der Wal

As a fairly recent explorer of poetry and as a non-native English speaker, this was my biggest introduction to English poetry. I think the concept of this anthology is great, I'm just not sure if it worked for me. Maybe it's because I didn't read the poems out loud, so they didn't have the calming effect on me they were 'supposed' to have. Nevertheless, I loved the majority of the poems and they introduced me to different poets and for that reason I'm glad I got to read this (thanks to my friend for gifting me this). It is truly a wonderful collection and the themes that were touched upon were close to my heart. I'll definitely come back to this anthology often in the future.

Stressed, Unstressed

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