Beinning a Self Education in Poetry

OP Here,
Just found the wiki.
I'll go through all the poets on there under the different movements as well.

I'm still very much open to any ideas and suggestions you all have though.

Are you reading originals? Is English your first language?

>>9521041
yes, and yes.

>>9521020
Western Wind by Nims is the book you want. If it's too expensive, get a used older version.

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is this any good?

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>>9521020
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>>9521081
http://4chanlit.wikia.com/wiki/Poetry

>>9521072
>>9521083
Thanks!

>>9521081
I personally love my copy of it. A lot of people here would tell you to take Bloom with a grain of salt however, but he's still incredibly knowledgeable about poetry and literature in general.

>>9521862
no they wouldn't. people like bloom, the whole antibloom thing is recent and half ironic, half pol because he's jewish

>>9521081

Echoing what another anon said, it's a very good collection with good commentary. As you would expect with Bloom, it's all canonical authors with few surprises, but the selections are canon for a reason. Were it not for this book, I'd never have read Christina Rosetti, which would be a shame. This collection is probably the highest density of good poetry you can get in a collection, I think.