Selected poems

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This volume contains poems of sharp clarity as well as his longer, more elegiac verse. From the familiar lyricism of 'The Tiger' and 'The Sick Rose' to the great poems, such as 'Auguries of Innocence' and The Mental Traveller', in which he expands on religious themes and social ideology using powerful symbolism and haunting imagery, this selection demonstrates the depth and scope of his extraordinary genius