Penguin's Poems for Life takes its inspiration from Shakespeare’s idea of the 'seven
ages' of a human life, bringing together some of the best-loved poems in English. Beginning
with babies, the book is divided into sections on childhood, growing up, making a living and
making love, family life, getting older, and approaching death, ending with poems of
mourning and commemoration.
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