Other of with a/an/the

[Xinfu]

p.173 I have read other of your poems of Insect Life, and marvelled at the way they combined the brilliance and fragility of those winged things [...]

Is an- or the optional before other?

[Rusty]

Yes, here there is no need for either.

[Xinfu]

Excellent answer. Thank you. But do you think an- or the would make the thing clearer? If there's three poems, after reading one, we say another poem; there's two poems, after reading one, we say the other poem.

[Rusty]

You can use the alternatives, yes.

In formal writing, "there's" should be "there're" when talking about more than one, since it's the proper contraction for 'there are'.

[Xinfu]

Excellent answer. Thank you.