Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
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I’m not quite sure what Eliot was thinking when he wrote this particular set of verse, and coming from such a ’serious’ poet as he was. I suppose that regardless of the quality of the poetry, it is still important to read because Eliot himself is important in the canon. But I have to wonder. It gets rather sing songy at times and there doesn’t seem to be much technical mastery to the poem. And I hated the subject matter.
Rating: 2 / 5
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical CATS was based on this. Well, at least all the species of cats were in it. I don’t know about the rest. Also: *GROWLTIGER’S LAST STAND was written to parody Puccini and to replace THE BALLAD OF BILLY McGRAW in CATS.
Rating: 5 / 5
The poems were a bit hard for me to read. However after watching the movie (play) and listening to the sound track it was much easier to read.
Rating: 3 / 5
This is Eliot’s best work. (Read into that what you will.) I liked his cheery ode to his feline friends, and I loved the connection this had to Cats, one of my favorite musicals. It’s cool that Eliot knew his pets well enough to personify them in rhymes and tales and poems, as he did. Some of the felines who knew Eliot had great character. This is a cheesy (yes, that’s meant to be an “s”) perky little collection that shows the range of Eliot’s literary talents.
Rating: 3 / 5
All of the poems are well-written and easy to understand.
This is a good book for anyone who loves poetry!This
book is great,but unfortunatly,the illustrations are not
very good-it seems like the illustrator rushed through
the illustrations in this book.Aside from that one fault,I
recommend this book for any CATs or poetry fan!
Rating: 4 / 5