Anyone who really loves poetry should NOT waste his/her money on this app until it fixes its formatting. Because of the page and font size, the stanzas and typography are all messed up for a lot of poems. Real poetry lovers know that it matters wher...
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I just downloaded this application; fantastic concept! It has all the classic poems, but at the same time has a modern feel to it (great design, too!). I like how you can zoom into the poems with the "iPhone zoom" feature; it makes the font a lot ea...
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In "The Defence of Poetry," 1821, Shelley claims that "poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world." Poets hold up a mirror to society challenging us to question our behavior, our morals, our philosophy.
Now, in an easy to use iPhone application, Classic Poetry has the capacity to confront us with something we are forbidden to see and the capacity to help humanize the universe for us.
By just spending a few minutes each day reading a poem from Classic Poetry, new ideas and perspectives can be realized. Classic Poetry can inspire and make us think about what it means to be human in our ever-changing society.
Classic Poetry, an extensive collection of the most widely read and beloved poems in the English Language, presents over 1000 magnificent poems allowing you to experience the beauty and wonder of man’s ultimate expression –poetry.
With our user-friendly search function, you can find your favorite poems and poets with the touch of a button. Simply turn on the application and be taken into the world of human expression. Easy tough viewing allows for you to make the screen larger by touching and expanding screen.
Our glorious selection captures the great American and English Poets including Coleridge, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Keats, Bryant, Tennyson, Poe, Dickinson, Whitman, Donne, Shakespeare, Yeats, Pound, Moore, Thomas and over 100 other classic must read poets.
* All poems are believed to be public domain.
WHAT'S NEW IN THIS VERSION:
1. Minor bugs fixed.
NEW iPHONE USERS PLEASE NOTE: Easy touch viewing allows for you to expand the text screen manually for easy reading. It is an existing feature.
New update will fix the line break issues that appeared in some of the poems from formatting issues.
Thank you for your continued support.
LANGUAGES:
English
REQUIREMENTS:
Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch.
Requires iPhone OS 2.2 or later.
