The World's Best Poetry, Volume 9: Tragedy and Humor (Part 2)

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LibriVox recording of The World's Best Poetry, Volume 9: Tragedy and Humor (Part 2) by Various. Read in English by Craig Franklin; Sonia; Leanne Yau; Tomas Peter; Jason in Panama; Foon The ninth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, includes a broad and diverse selection of light and comic verse on miscellaneous topics, including religion, the laboring classes, romance, government, food, the human body, animals, the natural world, and everyday hobbies. Also included are parodies and imitations, ingenuities and oddities, and nonsense verse, all using inventive techniques such as puns, wordplay, alliteration, doggerel, adventurous rhyming, and dialect. - Summary by Tomas Peter For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (152MB)

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librivox; audiobooks;comedy; poetry; humor; nature; religion; romance; animals; parody; food; labor; nonsense; burlesque; funny; alliteration; world's best poetry; wordplay; doggerel; light verse; imitation; silly

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