Reviews for Simmering Away: Songs from the Kanginshu

The average rating for Simmering Away: Songs from the Kanginshu based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-08-25 00:00:00 Ernesto Rodriguez Maybe 3 or 4 stars for the verse, their technical qualities. But I disliked a lot of these poems, the content. Many of them are about Irish rakes (scoundrels), many are about Irish leaders and battles, which I guess is fine, but I generally find poems glorifying leaders and the dead as not uplifting or inspiring'especially when they're praising them for qualities like womanizing, vengefulness, alcoholism, etc. Not usually a fan of patriotic poetry. I mean it's fine if the poetry is all about how much you love your country, I'm just probably not gonna enjoy it. There were a few good ones, a couple by Emily Brontë were nice. And many of them I didn't understand, since I do not know Irish history/culture/language, which also makes it harder to appreciate the poetry. So some of my lack of enjoyment is simply my fault, my lack of knowledge.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-06-24 00:00:00 Caitee Vallee Fine anthology of 18th and 19th century verse.