# The Penguin Book of English Verse

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- Book: [The Penguin Book of English Verse](https://www.bookquiver.com/p-j-keegan/the-penguin-book-of-english-verse) ([The Penguin Book of English Verse.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/p-j-keegan/the-penguin-book-of-english-verse.md))
- Authors: [P J Keegan](https://www.bookquiver.com/p-j-keegan)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4042-454-6
- Pages: 1184
- Published: 2004-09-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

This ambitious and revelatory collection turns the traditional chronology of anthologies on its head, listing poems according to their first individual appearance in the language rather than by poet.