Offers a vivid portrait of poetry in English, assembling a host of popular and enduring poems as chosen by critics, editors, poets, and general readers. These works speak across centuries, beginning With Chaucer's resour...Offers a vivid portrait of poetry in English, assembling a host of popular and enduring poems as chosen by critics, editors, poets, and general readers. These works speak across centuries, beginning With Chaucer's resourceful inventions and moving Through Shakespeare's masterpieces, John Donne's complex originality, and Alexander Pope's mordant satires.