The Penguin Book of Elegy no-tag Monique is determined to use

Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career

this is an in-depth history of a neglected subject

how to think

In other poems she considers sexual violence while watching a pair of mating turtles

it is a quarrel about property and favouritism

The Penguin Book of Elegy no-tag Monique is determined to use'A tremendous sentimental education of a book scholarly discernment mixed with a wild card flair an exceptional anthology, fascinating and unignorable' Kate Kellaway, Observer (Poetry Book of the Month) Elegy is among the world's oldest forms of literature. Born in Ancient Greece, practised by the Romans, revitalized by the poets of the Renaissance and continuing down to the present day, it speaks eloquently and affectingly of the experience of loss