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The Secret Rose by Norman A. Jeffares
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** spoiler alert ** "Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,
I am looped in the loops of her hair."

I liked the diction in these poems and the lyrical quality of many of them as well as the references to history/mythology. Nothing really personally striking for me but enjoyable nonetheless.

Reading the poems on their own would probably not have been as enjoyable without the tight curation and timeline done by the editor. The further context in the notes at the end really gave me a better appreciation for some of the poems as they were, grounded in Yeats' lives.
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October 17, 2023 – Started Reading
October 17, 2023 – Shelved
October 17, 2023 –
45.0% "finished the first part. i like how tightly themed the curation is and i love his use of diction and how lyrical all the poems are so far. nothing emotionally striking me so far."
October 17, 2023 – Finished Reading

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