Poems - Jonathan Swift - Volume 1 - Book 4, Part 1

Poems - Jonathan Swift - Volume 1 - Book 4, Part 1

Title: The Poems of Jonathan Swift - Volume 1

Overview: Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own. Think there is such a thing as corrupt rich guys who pretend they're God's gift to the world? So did Swift. Think some of these types strut around as if calls of nature don't apply to them? So did Swift. In one hilarious poem, he even describes gold diggers fighting over the loaded gentleman's gaseous offerings! His poem On Poetry, A Rhapsody, censored for treasonous mocking of the royal family, is in its rare uncensored form here. As free as he himself is with his sharp tongue against the blackened rich and corrupt, he knows others might have to kiss up to eat. So he includes many verses of advice on how to go about lying for a living, for example, "Your interest lies to learn the knack Of whitening what before was black." Despite the decay and hypocrisy, he sees all around him he stays upbeat throughout -- even making fun out of his own tragic onset of deafness. You already know this giant of English literature for the great feast of prose he left us. Think of these delicious poems here as your sinful dessert.

Published: 1910

Author: Jonathan Swift

Genre: Satire, Poetry, Single Author

Episode: Poems - Jonathan Swift - Volume 1 - Book 4, Part 1

Part: 1 of 2

Length Part: 4:42:43

Book: 4

Length Book: 9:21:31

Episodes: 1 -61 of 121

Successor: The Poems of Jonathan Swift - Volume 2

Narrator: Arthur Krolman

Language: English

Rated: Guidance Suggested

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

Keywords: satire, parody, irreligion, morality, christianity, religion, literature, politics, biblical, uncensored, hypocrisy, poems, poetry, jonathanswift

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