Reviews for English history in contemporary poetry

The average rating for English history in contemporary poetry based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-10-13 00:00:00 Randal Gilbert The trouble with Muirden's Rhyming History As I could not help but see Is that its subject is so broad That you may find yourself quite bored. Even the best author could not possibly Narrate two thousand years in complete jollity. The rhymes themselves are not terrible But some make my rushed ones seem quite credible. Two hundred pages of such simple rhyme Have made my thoughts somewhat unkind (When I can truly think that is and give my mental rhymes a miss). And on that note, I must conclude Before this review becomes too skewed. Although I thought it could have been better And I got bored by its poetic meter (That was a cheat, I do confess, But still I want to express) That I found the History rather fun If a little overdone.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-12-13 00:00:00 Wilson Yee Delightful. The illustrations are wonderfully funny--Boudicca parking her chariot outside the houses of Parliament and arguing with a meter maid, the first coin issued by the Bank of England having the motto "HA HA LOADSAMONEY 1694." About Elizabeth I: Elizabeth could not forget The fate her mother Anne had met Through misplaced trust: right from the start, She kept her inmost thoughts apart. Her steadily improving skill In hiding all her hand, until She saw what suits her rivals held, Was virtually unparalleled. One special card she kept well back: Herself, the strongest in the pack. While monarchs thought they had the chance, She'd be the one who made them dance.