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Songs Of Every Day

Songs Of Every Day

Gordon Burgoyne, Arthur

Paperback

Literary CriticismGeneral ReferenceGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 9354486436
ISBN13: 9789354486432
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 202
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.43 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Everyday moments become music here. In Songs Of Every Day, Arthur Gordon Burgoyne, a late 19th century American journalist and poet, shapes the ordinary rhythms of work and home, streets and seasons into clear, singing lines of rhymed verse poetry. This classic poetry collection gathers American lyric poetry that lingers over small details: the press of labour, the quiet of evenings, the tug of memory, the warmth of companionship. These are poems about everyday life and reflections on work and home, love and friendship poems that notice how those quiet ties steady us, how familiar rooms and familiar faces hold their own shy radiance for fans of classic verse who enjoy intimate, finely crafted reflections rather than grand spectacle. First published in the Gilded Age, the Songs of Every Day poems offer an unvarnished, humane glimpse of Gilded Age American poetry, written in a voice close to conversation yet shaped by traditional form. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. As a vintage American poetry book, this careful modern presentation honours a cultural moment when American lyric poetry chronicled the texture of ordinary lives, making it an appealing poetry gift for literature lovers, casual readers seeking gently resonant reading, and classic-literature collectors seeking an authentic late 19th century american volume to grace their shelves.

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