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The poems span the entire range of verse from high drama to stuff-and-nonsense and are presented in nine sections:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePoems of Childhood and Youth\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePoems of Love and Marriage\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePoems of Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePoems of Loss and Comfort\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePoems of War and Peace\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePoems to Read Aloud\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePoems to Read Quietly\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePoems of Animals and Nature\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePoems of Magic and Mystery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe anthology includes works by William Blake, Dylan Thomas, Seamus Heaney, Robert Burns, T.S. Eliot, Rudyard Kipling, and W.B. Yeats. 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