The idea of this book is that each poem is about the wife of some famous person. In most cases, the wife wasn't a celebrity in their own right.
I guess my conclusion is that I should continue to steer clear of poetry. Although I did enjoy some of them [for example, Mrs Midas, Mrs Lazarus and Mrs Icarus] and found them amusing, there were many that I just didn't understand. Having listened to the Bookclub programme, I now know that one of them is about Mira Hindley [the Devil's Wife, I assume], but I could not have figured that out for myself. I don't think I have time to read stuff for which I need to do research before I can understand it.
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