The Rattle Bag: An Anthology of Poetry (Paperback)

by Ted Hughes (Author), Seamus Heaney (Editor)

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Epitaph On A Tyrant by Wystan Hugh Auden
I Cannot Grow by Wystan Hugh Auden
Song by Wystan Hugh Auden
Ten Songs: 4 by Wystan Hugh Auden
This Lunar Beauty by Wystan Hugh Auden
Twelve Songs: 9. Funeral Blues by Wystan Hugh Auden
The Wanderer by Wystan Hugh Auden
A Crocodile by Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Ha'nacker Mill by Hilaire Belloc
Tarantella by Hilaire Belloc
The Properties Of A Good Greyhound by Juliana Berners
Death In Leamington by John Betjeman
Meditation On The A30 by John Betjeman
Senex by John Betjeman
The Bight by Elizabeth Bishop
The Burglar Of Babylon by Elizabeth Bishop
The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop
Manners by Elizabeth Bishop
Sandpiper by Elizabeth Bishop
Songs For A Colored Singer by Elizabeth Bishop
The Angel That Presided O'er My Birth by William Blake
Auguries Of Innocence by William Blake
The Chimney Sweeper, Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
The Clod And The Pebble, Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
The Cynic's First Song by William Blake
A Divine Image, Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
Eternity by William Blake
The Garden Of Love, Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
Infant Sorrow, Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
London, Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
Long John Brown And Little Mary Bell by William Blake
The New [or, Building Of] Jerusalem [or, To The Christians] by William Blake
A Poison Tree, Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
The Sick Rose, Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
The Smile by William Blake
Songs Of Experience: Introduction by William Blake
The Sunflower, Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
The Tyger [tiger], Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
Of Poor B.b. by Bertolt Brecht
The Ballad Of Rudolph Reed by Gwendolyn Brooks
The Hawk by George Mackay Brown
Shroud by George Mackay Brown
Memorabilia by Robert Browning
John Barleycorn by Robert Burns
The Destruction Of Sennacherib by George Gordon Byron
The Compassionate Fool by Norman Cameron
She And I by Norman Cameron
Ballad Of The Bread Man by Charles Causley
Timothy Winters by Charles Causley
As Much As You Can (2) by Constantine P. Cavafy
The Donkey by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Lepanto by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
The Badger by John Clare
The Flood by John Clare
Hares At Play by John Clare
Little Trotty Wagtail by John Clare
Mouse's Nest by John Clare
Song by John Clare
The Vixen by John Clare
The Scholar by Austin Clarke
A Strong Wind by Austin Clarke
The Knight's Tomb by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A Spell by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A Drover by Padraic Colum
50 Poems: 29 by Edward Estlin Cummings
95 Poems: 10 by Edward Estlin Cummings
One: 10 by Edward Estlin Cummings
Portraits: 8 by Edward Estlin Cummings
Epigrams by James Vincent Cunningham
Wild Iron by Allen Curnow
The Rattle Bag by Dafydd Ap Gwilym
Sonnet by Dante Alighieri
Anger Lay By Me All Night Long by Elizabeth Daryush
The Black Cloud by William Henry Davies
A Child's Pet by William Henry Davies
The Inquest by William Henry Davies
The Moon And A Cloud by William Henry Davies
Sheep by William Henry Davies
The Villain by William Henry Davies
An Epitaph by Walter John De La Mare
John Mouldy by Walter John De La Mare
Napoleon by Walter John De La Mare
The Happy Heart [or, The Basket-maker's Song] by Thomas Dekker
Could Mortal Lip Divine by Emily Dickinson
How The Old Mountains Drip With Sunset by Emily Dickinson
I Think That The Root Of The Wind Is Water by Emily Dickinson
It's Such A Little Thing To Weep by Emily Dickinson
Like Rain It Sounded Till It Curved by Emily Dickinson
Simplicity by Emily Dickinson
The Snake by Emily Dickinson
The Storm by Emily Dickinson
There's A Certain Slant Of Light by Emily Dickinson
A Wind That Rose by Emily Dickinson
The Crocodile, Fr. Alice In Wonderland by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Jabberwocky by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
The Mad Gardener's Song by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
The Baite by John Donne
Behaviour Of Fish In An Egyptian Tea Garden by Keith Castellaine Douglas
How To Kill by Keith Castellaine Douglas
The Marvel by Keith Castellaine Douglas
Vergissmeinnicht by Keith Castellaine Douglas
Idea: 61 by Michael Drayton
Memories Of Verdun by Alan Dugan
A Modest Love by Edward Dyer
For A Lamb by Richard Ghormley Eberhart
The Fury Of Aerial Bombardment by Richard Ghormley Eberhart
Sea-hawk by Richard Ghormley Eberhart
Cape Ann by Thomas Stearns Eliot
Lines For An Old Man by Thomas Stearns Eliot
Macavity: The Mystery Cat by Thomas Stearns Eliot
New Hampshire by Thomas Stearns Eliot
Rannoch, By Glencoe by Thomas Stearns Eliot
Usk by Thomas Stearns Eliot
Virginia by Thomas Stearns Eliot
Dirge by Kenneth Fearing
Don't Let That Horse by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Birches by Robert Frost
Desert Places by Robert Frost
Gathering Leaves by Robert Frost
On A Tree Fallen Across The Road by Robert Frost
'out, Out -' by Robert Frost
Range-finding by Robert Frost
Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
The Little Mute Boy by Federico Garcia Lorca
The Six Strings by Federico Garcia Lorca
The Silver Swan by Orlando Gibbons
The Lion For Real by Allen Ginsberg
The Allansford Pursuit by Isobel Gowdie
Flying Crooked by Robert Ranke Graves
It Was All Very Tidy by Robert Ranke Graves
The Legs by Robert Ranke Graves
Lollocks by Robert Ranke Graves
Nature's Lineaments by Robert Ranke Graves
Another Epitaph On An Army Of Mercenaries; Reply To Housman by Christopher Murray Grieve
Crystals Like Blood by Christopher Murray Grieve
Direadh I, Sels. by Christopher Murray Grieve
Perfect; On The Western Seaboard Of South Uist by Christopher Murray Grieve
The Weapon by Christopher Murray Grieve
Three Songs: Baby Song by Thomson William Gunn
Afterwards by Thomas Hardy
Bags Of Meat by Thomas Hardy
Beeny Cliff; March 1870 - March 1913 by Thomas Hardy
Channel Firing by Thomas Hardy
The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy
The Fallow Deer At The Lonely House by Thomas Hardy
The Garden Seat by Thomas Hardy
Heredity by Thomas Hardy
The House Of Hospitalities by Thomas Hardy
In Time Of 'the Breaking Of Nations' by Thomas Hardy
The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy
The Oxen by Thomas Hardy
The Self-unseeing by Thomas Hardy
Transformations by Thomas Hardy
Weathers by Thomas Hardy
When I Set Out For Lyonnesse by Thomas Hardy
'more Light! More Light!' by Anthony Hecht
Echoes: 4. Invictus by William Ernest Henley
A Devil by Zbigniew Herbert
Two Drops by Zbigniew Herbert
Song For The Clatter Bones by Frederick Robert Higgins
Bull Fight by Miroslav Holub
Fairy Tale by Miroslav Holub
The Fly by Miroslav Holub
Great And Strong by Miroslav Holub
A History Lesson by Miroslav Holub
Tiger by Alec Derwent Hope
Binsey Poplars (felled 1879) by Gerard Manley Hopkins
The Habit Of Perfection by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Heaven-haven; A Nun Takes The Veil by Gerard Manley Hopkins
The Immanent by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Inversnaid by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Moonrise by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Pied Beauty by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Repeat That, Repeat by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Spring by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Spring And Fall: To A Young Child by Gerard Manley Hopkins
The Windhover: To Christ Our Lord by Gerard Manley Hopkins
The Woodlark by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Epitaph On An Army Of Mercenaries by Alfred Edward Housman
On Wenlock Edge by Alfred Edward Housman
A Shropshire Lad: 2 by Alfred Edward Housman
A Prayer To Go To Pardise With The Donkeys by Francis Jammes
The Death Of The Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarrell
Hurt Hawks by Robinson Jeffers
The Noble Nature [or, Honour In Bud] by Ben Jonson
On My First Sonne by Ben Jonson
Song [or, Echo's Dirge For Narcissus] by Ben Jonson
Witches' Chasm by Ben Jonson
A Flower Given To My Daughter by James Joyce
On The Beach At Fontana by James Joyce
Tilly by James Joyce
The Seventh by Attila Jozsef
Birth Of The Foal by Ferenc Juhasz
2. by Patrick Kavanagh
Innocence by Patrick Kavanagh
Kerr's Ass by Patrick Kavanagh
Memory Of My Father by Patrick Kavanagh
La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats
Ode To A Nightingale by John Keats
To Autumn by John Keats
Saint Francis And The Sow by Galway Kinnell
Fox Dancing by Suzanne Knowles
Tails And Heads by Suzanne Knowles
The Old Familiar Faces by Charles Lamb
At Grass by Philip Larkin
Cut Grass by Philip Larkin
Days by Philip Larkin
The Explosion by Philip Larkin
Livings: 2 by Philip Larkin
The North Ship by Philip Larkin
The Gazelle Calf by David Herbert Lawrence
Hummingbird by David Herbert Lawrence
Little Fish by David Herbert Lawrence
Lizard by David Herbert Lawrence
Man And Bat by David Herbert Lawrence
Mosquito by David Herbert Lawrence
The Mosquito Knows by David Herbert Lawrence
Mountain Lion by David Herbert Lawrence
Piano by David Herbert Lawrence
Sea-weed by David Herbert Lawrence
Self-pity by David Herbert Lawrence
Snake by David Herbert Lawrence
Towards The Sun, Towards The South-west by David Herbert Lawrence
Two Performing Elephants by David Herbert Lawrence
Willy Wet-leg by David Herbert Lawrence
An Animal Alphabet by Edward Lear
The River-merchant's Wife: A Letter by Li Po
Taking Leave Of A Friend by Li Po
The Flower-fed Buffaloes Of The Spring by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
The Leaden-eyed by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
Alfred Corning Clark (1916-1961) by Robert Lowell
Child's Song by Robert Lowell
After His Death by Norman Maccaig
Aunt Julia by Norman Maccaig
Interruption To A Journey by Norman Maccaig
Praise Of A Collie by Norman Maccaig
Sounds Of The Day by Norman Maccaig
Apple Blossom by Frederick Louis Macneice
Autobiography by Frederick Louis Macneice
Bagpipe Music by Frederick Louis Macneice
The Passionate Shepherd To His Love by Christopher Marlowe
The Cable Ship by Harry Edmund Martinson
Cotton by Harry Edmund Martinson
Dusk In The Country by Harry Edmund Martinson
The Earthworm by Harry Edmund Martinson
On The Congo by Harry Edmund Martinson
Bermudas by Andrew Marvell
Sea-change by John Masefield
The Maldive Shark by Herman Melville
Autobahnmotorwayautoroute by Adrian Mitchell
Watch Your Step - I'm Drenched by Adrian Mitchell
Delayed Action by Christian Morgenstern
The Hen by Christian Morgenstern
The Knee by Christian Morgenstern
The Midnight Mouse by Christian Morgenstern
Taffy Was A Welshman %taffy Was A Thief by Mother Goose
The Child Dying by Edwin Muir
The Horses by Edwin Muir
Mary Stuart by Edwin Muir
Merlin by Edwin Muir
Pat Cloherty's Version Of 'the Maisie' by Richard Murphy
The Cow by Ogden Nash
The Duck by Ogden Nash
The Germ by Ogden Nash
The Octopus by Ogden Nash
Old Men by Ogden Nash
The Pig by Ogden Nash
Reflection On Ingenuity by Ogden Nash
Taboo To Boot by Ogden Nash
Summer's Last Will And Testament: A Litany In Time Of Plague by Thomas Nashe
The Vacuum by Howard Nemerov
Copwer's Tame Hare by Norman Nicholson
Lament For Tadhg Cronin's Children by Aogan O Rathaille
A True Account Of Talking To The Sun At Fire Island by Frank O'hara
Exposure by Wilfred Owen
Futility by Wilfred Owen
Hospital Barge At Cerisy by Wilfred Owen
The Send-off by Wilfred Owen
Strange Meeting by Wilfred Owen
Bethsabe's Song [or, Bethsabe Bathing] by George Peele
Song For The Head by George Peele
Fable by Janos Pilinszky
Among The Narcissi by Sylvia Plath
Crossing The Water by Sylvia Plath
Mushrooms by Sylvia Plath
Pheasant by Sylvia Plath
Poppies In July by Sylvia Plath
You're by Sylvia Plath
After Looking Into A Book Belonging To My Great-grandfather by Hyam Plutzik
And In The 51st Year Of That Century, While My Brother...... by Hyam Plutzik
The Dream About Our Master, William Shakespeare by Hyam Plutzik
Jim Desterland by Hyam Plutzik
Ashes by Vasko Popa
Before Play by Vasko Popa
He by Vasko Popa
Hide-and-seek by Vasko Popa
The Nail by Vasko Popa
The Rose Thieves by Vasko Popa
The Seed by Vasko Popa
And The Days Are Not Full Enough by Ezra Pound
The Return by Ezra Pound
The Author's Epitaph, Made By Himself [himselfe] by Walter Raleigh
Epitaph Of The Earl Of Leicester by Walter Raleigh
The Lie by Walter Raleigh
The Nymph's Reply To The Shepherd by Walter Raleigh
On The Cards And Dice by Walter Raleigh
The Passionate Man's Pilgrimage by Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Ralegh To His Son by Walter Raleigh
Walsingham by Walter Raleigh
Bells For John Whiteside's Daughter by John Crowe Ransom
Blue Girls by John Crowe Ransom
Here Lies A Lady by John Crowe Ransom
Janet Waking by John Crowe Ransom
Vision By Sweetwater by John Crowe Ransom
To The Foot From Its Child by Naftali Ricardo Reyes Basuato
Forgotten Girlhood: In Laddery Street: All The Way Back by Laura Riding
Forgotten Girlhood: In Laddery Street: Around The Corner by Laura Riding
Forgotten Girlhood: In Laddery Street: Herself by Laura Riding
Forgotten Girlhood: Into Laddery Street by Laura Riding
The Sad Boy by Laura Riding
The Wind Suffers by Laura Riding
The Flight by Theodore Roethke
The Meadow Mouse by Theodore Roethke
The Minimal by Theodore Roethke
Mips And Ma The Mooly Moo by Theodore Roethke
Running Lightly Over Spongy Ground by Theodore Roethke
The Saginaw Song by Theodore Roethke
The Visitant by Theodore Roethke
The Shooting Of Dan Mcgrew by Robert William Service
After Seeing A Masque [the Grand Style] by William Shakespeare
Caliban [on The Island], Fr. The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Chorus Before Agincourt by William Shakespeare
The Dirge [for Fidele], Fr. Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
Life And Death [or, Antiphonous - Strophe] by William Shakespeare
Methough That I Had Broken From The Tower by William Shakespeare
Ophelia's Death by William Shakespeare
Pastoral Lyric [or, The Pages' Song, Or, Song Sung In Arden (2)] by William Shakespeare
Queen Mab (2) by William Shakespeare
Seven Ages Of Man, Fr. As You Like It by William Shakespeare
The Witches' Incantation [or, Meeting] by William Shakespeare
With Fairest Flowers %while Summer Lasts And I Live Here, Fidele by William Shakespeare
Yon Island Carrions Desperate Of Their Bones by William Shakespeare
Auto Wreck by Karl Shapiro
The Mask Of Anarchy; Written On Occasion Of Massacre At Manchester by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Similes For Two Political Characters Of 1819 by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Carentan O Carentan by Louis Simpson
Jubilate Agno: My Cat Jeoffrey [or, Lines 697-780.] by Christopher Smart
Bog-face by Florence Margaret Smith
The Jungle Husband by Florence Margaret Smith
The Nose by Iain Crichton Smith
The Burning Babe by Robert Southwell
At The Bomb Testing Site by William Edgar Stafford
Bi-focal by William Edgar Stafford
In The Deep Channel by William Edgar Stafford
A Survey by William Edgar Stafford
Walking West by William Edgar Stafford
The Well Rising Without Sound by William Edgar Stafford
A Glass Of Beer by James Stephens
Disillusionment Of Ten O'clock by Wallace Stevens
Earthy Anecdote by Wallace Stevens
Ploughing On Sunday by Wallace Stevens
Thirteen Ways Of Looking At A Blackbird by Wallace Stevens
Break, Break, Break by Alfred Tennyson
And Death Shall Have No Dominion by Dylan Thomas
Before I Knocked And Flesh Let Me Enter by Dylan Thomas
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas
The Force That Through The Green Fuse Drives The Flower by Dylan Thomas
The Hand That Signed The Paper Felled A City by Dylan Thomas
Poem In October by Dylan Thomas
As The Team's Head Brass by Philip Edward Thomas
Cock-crow by Philip Edward Thomas
The Combe by Philip Edward Thomas
The Mill-pond by Philip Edward Thomas
Out In The Dark Over The Snow by Philip Edward Thomas
The Owl by Philip Edward Thomas
Swedes by Philip Edward Thomas
The Unknown Bird by Philip Edward Thomas
The Ancients Of The World by Ronald Stuart Thomas
Here by Ronald Stuart Thomas
Lore by Ronald Stuart Thomas
Elegy For Himself by Chidiock Tichborne
Ute Mountain by Charles Tomlinson
Breathing Space July by Tomas Transtromer
Solitude by Tomas Transtromer
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The Shooting Of John Dillinger Outside The Biograph Theater by David Wagoner
A Sea-chantey by Derek Walcott
A Dirge, Fr. The White Devil by John Webster
Monkeyland by Sandor Weores
Lilacs by Walt Whitman
The Ox-tamer by Walt Whitman
Pensive On Her Dead Gazing by Walt Whitman
Would You Hear Of An Old-fashipon'd Sea-fight? by Walt Whitman
The Artist by William Carlos Williams
Flowers By The Sea by William Carlos Williams
The Last Words Of My English Grandmother by William Carlos Williams
Raleigh Was Right (first Version) by William Carlos Williams
Boat Stealing [or, On Ullswater] by William Wordsworth
Crossing The Alps by William Wordsworth
Naked Savage by William Wordsworth
Nutting by William Wordsworth
One Christmas-time by William Wordsworth
There Was A Boy (version 1) by William Wordsworth
Legend by Judith Wright
At The Grey Round Of The Hill by William Butler Yeats
The Cap And Bells by William Butler Yeats
The Cold Heaven by William Butler Yeats
The Collar-bone Of A Hare by William Butler Yeats
Fairy Tale by William Butler Yeats
He Hears The Cry Of The Sedge by William Butler Yeats
John Kinsella's Lament For Mrs. Mary Moore by William Butler Yeats
Lonely The Sea-bird Lies At Her Rest by William Butler Yeats
An Old Man Stirs The Fire To A Blaze by William Butler Yeats
The Pilgrim by William Butler Yeats
Two Songs Of A Fool: 1 by William Butler Yeats
Two Songs Of A Fool: 2 by William Butler Yeats
The Black Rock Of Kiltearn by Andrew (1885-1971) Young
The Dead Crab by Andrew (1885-1971) Young
Field-glasses by Andrew (1885-1971) Young
The Face Of The Horse by Nikolai (nikolay) Alexeyevich Zabolotsky
Thistle by Nikolai (nikolay) Alexeyevich Zabolotsky
A Walk by Nikolai (nikolay) Alexeyevich Zabolotsky
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"The method employed in arranging and presenting [the contents of this book] must surely be the one for all the best anthologies . . . The Rattle Bag sets a standard which other anthologies will find it difficult to equal." --Alan Brownjohn, Times Literary Supplement (London)

"A splendid, huge, resonant book." --Observer (London)

"A must for anyone at all who likes poetry." --Melvyn Bragg, The Times (London)

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Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 498 pages
• Publisher: Faber & Faber (March 17, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0571225837
• ISBN-13: 978-0571225835
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #106,154 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars amazing!, November 6, 2002

By	Cynthia King "Cindy Lou" (Louisville, KY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Rattle Bag: An Anthology of Poetry (Paperback)

...Want a break from poetry that is "sophisticated," "domestic" or "Lacanian"? This is it! It's been a favorite of mine for ten years, restorative on every read. It bears the stamp of green, love, a garden of great poems (Keats, Neruda, "Anonymous" etc.) fresh as the day they were written. This vivid new cover sort of sums up the feeling.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well done, April 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Rattle Bag (Hardcover)

A fascinating collection, more useful for insights into the favorites of two of the more important poets of the late 20th century than for anything else. While bowing down to no old chestnuts out of misplaced respect, the collection also suffers from a preferance for poets from Ireland and the United Kingdom and some choices seemingly inspired by multi-culturalism and little else. Nonetheless, the collection does have some wonderful pieces that would be hard to find on one's own, as well as a fantastic tribute to Shakespeare by including several passages from his plays and none of the sonnets.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonder, April 15, 2007

By	David Keck "David Keck" (New York) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This collection is a masterpiece, and its companion volume the School Bag is every bit as good. While the collection includes many classics, the various obsessions of the editors have led them to uncover works that you are unlikely to have read before.

I return to this anthology again and again.