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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 […]
- Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats. Nature, freedom, and transcendence are some of the most important themes of ‘Ode to a Nightingale,’ the first poem on our list.
- Because I could not stop for Death – by Emily Dickinson. ‘Because I could not stop for Death’ is undoubtedly one of Dickinson’s most famous poems. It is common within her works to find death used as a metaphor or symbol, but this piece far outranks the rest.
- Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare. This sonnet is perhaps one of Shakespeare’s greatest sonnets, or at least his most quoted. It begins with the line “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”
- The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. This poem is by far Frost’s most popular and ranks at the top of many poetry lover’s lists. The scene described in the text is a pastoral one.
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.
- The Raven. by Edgar Allan Poe. Once upon a midnight dreary, While I pondered, weak and weary,
- Ozymandias. by Percy Bysshe Shelley. I met a traveler from an antique land. Who said: 'Two vast and trunkless legs of stone.
- The Road Not Taken. by Robert Frost. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both.
- Annabel Lee. by Edgar Allan Poe. It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea,
- “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) 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,
- “Holy Sonnet 10: Death, Be Not Proud” by John Donne (1572-1631) Death, be not proud, though some have called thee. Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
- “Daffodils” by William Wordsworth (1770-1850) I wandered lonely as a cloud. That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils;
- “A Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) What the heart of the young man said to the Psalmist. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!
Mar 18, 2022 · Here are the best poems in the English language. It’s hard to deny the power of poetry — weaving magic from the very stuff of human communication, namely, words. As such, the craft dates back millennia and continues to evolve — so why not try to capture the very best poems in the English language.
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Nov 6, 2023 · Navigate your way into this beautiful art form with our list of the most famous English-language poems ever written.
