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Title: Selected Poetry of Ogden Nash: 650 Rhymes, Verses, Lyrics, and Poems by Ogden Nash, Archibald MacLeish ISBN: 1-884822-30-4 Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub Pub. Date: September, 1995 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: More clever than brilliant, but clever is good.
Comment: 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.
Rating: 5
Summary: You'll Never Buy a More Delightful, Humorous Book
Comment: After an especially hideous day at work--11 hours of constant pressure--I stopped by a bookstore on the way to the Washington Metro (subway) last night and bought this book. Talk about "Comic Relief!" I pored over the book in the Metro for my entire 45-minute ride and found myself captivated by some of the greatest humor of all time. This is indeed a book that is laugh-out-loud funny. Nash's odes to the perils of everyday existence as well as his clever but succinct characterizations of everything from exotic animals to unusual people--and his occasionally tortured but still delightful rhymes--are certainly unique. No other poet or humorist even comes close. Those of you who are Nash fans will find many favorites in the volume, and some enjoyable obscure surprises, too. Some of Nash's references are a bit dated, especially those related to once-famous people--and the book would have benefited from some annotation to explain the references. But most of the humor is impressively timeless. The book also needs an index, which it completely lacks--neither titles nor first lines. But forget those minor deficiencies and buy the book!! You WON'T regret it. I plan to keep it handy for a welcome laugh when I need one, and look forward to dipping into it often in the future.
Rating: 3
Summary: hopefully, very funny
Comment: I know I am naughty, I have not read the book yet. I would like to buy a copy but with the TOTAL price in american dollars plus freight,I would first like to know whether it contains "Last night I saw upon the stair, a little man who was not there, he wasn't there again tonight, gee whiz I wish he'd go away" and "I thought I saw a tiger alighting from a bus, I looked again and saw it was a hippopotamus" etc. Can you help?
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Title: Tale of Custard the Dragon, The by Ogden Nash ISBN: 0316590312 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: The Life and Rhymes of Ogden Nash by David Stuart ISBN: 1568331274 Publisher: Madison Books Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Custard the Dragon and the Wicked Knight by Ogden Nash ISBN: 0316599050 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Ogden Nash's Zoo by Delessert. E ISBN: 0941434958 Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Pub. Date: June, 1987 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: POCKET BOOK OF OGDEN NASH by Ogden Nash ISBN: 0671727893 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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