The Rattle Bag is an Anthology of Poetry (mostly in English but occasionally in translation) for general readers and students of all ages and backgrounds.
Moreover, Heaney and Hughes have elected to list their favorites not by theme or by author but simply by title (or by first line, when no title is give.
These poems have been selected by the simple yet telling criteria that they are the personal favorites of the editors, themselves two of contemporary literature\'s leading poets.
The Rattle Bag is an Anthology of Poetry (mostly in English but occasionally in translation) for general readers and students of all ages and backgrounds