- Hardcover: 682 pages
- Publisher: Thomas Allen (Aug 1 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1884822304
- ISBN-13: 978-1884822308
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14.5 x 5.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 862 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,017,279 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The ultimate collection of verses by America's best-loved humorous author, culled from collections put together by Nash himself. Features Nash's unique rhymes, puns, and observations about everything under the sun.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Lacks indices of titles or first lines.,
By Christopher Weber (Berkeley, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Selected Poetry of Ogden Nash: 650 Rhymes, Verses, Lyrics and Poems (Hardcover)
This book seems to contain all of Ogden Nash's best verses. But good luck finding them: there is no index of titles or first lines. With so many verses, many of them titled counter-intuitively, you will only find the verse you seek by sheer luck, if at all.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great work, poor copy editing,
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This review is from: Selected Poetry of Ogden Nash: 650 Rhymes, Verses, Lyrics and Poems (Hardcover)
This is a completely enjoyable collection that keeps me smiling as I read. Unfortunately, it seems the proof reader relied on a computer's spell-checker program. It let him down.The spelling errors surprised me. I guess I may have spotted an error or two in other books, but I seem to keep stumbling on them in this book. They're distracting and it seems almost sinful to have let them appear in this wonderful collection. Mr. Nash's insight, humor and unique form are well represented here in the 650 rhymes, verses, lyrics and poems. They are grouped by general subject matter. Thumb through the contents and see what you're in the mood for. Nash will make you smile or even laugh out loud.
3.0 out of 5 stars
More clever than brilliant, but clever is good.,
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This review is from: Selected Poetry of Ogden Nash: 650 Rhymes, Verses, Lyrics and Poems (Hardcover)
Ogden Nash should probably be considered more of a humorist than a poet. After all, he makes up words and sometimes totally disregards any sense of meter. Maybe "rhyming humorist" would be most accurate (even though there is some real poetry here, too). In my opinion, his strongest poems are his shortest. I particularly enjoy his poems about animals. Some of his humor seems a little dated and, unlike a previous reviewer, I found little here that, for me, was laugh-out-loud funny. One of my favorite poems in the book is actually a serious poem, "A Carol for Children". But, hey, if you want serious poetry, get some Emily Dickinson. Ogden Nash is good if you need a lighthearted chuckle.
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