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The following is a list of the top 100 most famous poems of all time in the English language. There's always room for debate when creating a "top 100" list, and let's face it, fame is a pretty fickle thing.
- Famous Poems About Death
“O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship...
- Famous Love Poems
“The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees....
- Ozymandias
Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley. I met a traveller from...
- She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron
She Walks in Beauty by George Gordon, Lord Byron. She walks...
- The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus
The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus. Not like the brazen giant...
- The Charge of The Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson....
- Ode to The West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley. I O wild West...
- I Felt a Funeral in My Brain by Emily Dickinson
I felt a funeral in my brain by Emily Dickinson. I felt a...
- Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Or, a Vision in a...
- To Autumn by John Keats
To Autumn by John Keats. Season of mists and mellow...
- Famous Poems About Death
Mar 7, 2019 · Today is the anniversary of the publication of Robert Frost’s iconic poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” a fact that spurred the Literary Hub office into a long conversation about their favorite poems, the most iconic poems written in English, and which poems we should all have already read (or at least be […]
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Jan 22, 2021 · Read the most famous poems from Edgar Allen Poe, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, and dozens more poets who made their mark on the English language.
So here are twenty poems to act as a starting-point rather than a self-contained, definitive list. If these whet your appetite for more, we recommend AMAZON, which contains some of the best and most famous poetry written in English. 1. William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18.
- “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
- “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson. Because I could not stop for Death— He kindly stopped for me— The Carriage held but just Ourselves—
- “She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron. She walks in beauty, like the night. Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright. Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
- “O Captain! My Captain!” by Walt Whitman. O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,
Jul 1, 2016 · What do you think is the greatest Dickinson poem? 1. ‘ I’m Nobody! Who are you? ’. I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – too? Then there’s a pair of us! Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know! A glorious celebration of anonymity, this poem beautifully showcases Dickinson’s individual style.
100 best poems. prev. next. The Road Not Taken. Load audio player. Robert Frost. 1874 –. 1963. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both. And be one traveler, long I stood. And looked down one as far as I could. To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair,
