A Little History of PoetryA vital guide to poetry from ancient times to the present "[A] fizzing, exhilarating book."Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Times, London "Delightful.'"New York Times Book Review Poetry is language made special, so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work over the centuries countless thousands of poems have been forgotten. This Little History is about some that have not. John Carey tells the stories behind the world's greatest poems,