The Poems of Jonathan Swift

<p> This collection of Jonathan Swift's poetry is separated in three parts according to their subject matter. The first section are poems addressed to a woman named Stella. Based off a real-life close friend of Swift's Esther Johnson the portion of poetry addressed to Stella contain beautiful tributes to this woman with simple titles such as <i> Stella's Birthday March 13 1727. </i> Though these poems display a tender amount of intimacy shared between the two Esther Johnson and Jonathan's relationship is shrouded in mystery leaving readers and historians to debate if they were just friends or something more romantic. The next section of <i>The Poems of Jonathan Swift</i> are dedicated to a woman called Vanessa who was based off of one of Swift's lovers Esther Vanhomrigh. Their correspondence and his poems about her suggested a more romantic relationship than the one he shared with Stella. With elegant word choice and masterful form both women and their relationships with Swift are well documented in this book of poems. The final part of <i>The Poems of Jonathan Swift</i> is dedicated to the love of Swift's career-the satirization of politics.<p> All of Swift's poems are written in iambic tetrameter and end rhyme creating a fun and quick reading experience. This is a large collection of poetry covers a wide variety of topics with the humor and satire that Jonathan Swift was famous for. With these attributes readers are welcome to enjoy Jonathan Swift's mysterious and passionate relationships as well as his humorous and intelligent criticism of politics.<p>Since our inception in 2020 Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. <p>With thousands of titles in our collection we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.</p>