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Mar 7, 2019 · Louise Glück, “ Mock Orange “. One of those poems passed hand to hand between undergraduates who will grow up to become writers. Paul Laurence Dunbar, “ We Wear the Mask “. Dunbar’s most famous poem, and arguably his best, which biographer Paul Revell described as “a moving cry from the heart of suffering.
11. Rudyard Kipling, ‘ If— ’. A classic poem about British stoicism, written in the 1890s although not published until 1910, ‘If—’ was voted the UK’s favourite poem in a 1995 poll. The poem is filled with famous lines, such as Kipling’s call to ‘fill the unforgiving minute / With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run’.
- 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,
Jan 22, 2021 · The best lack all conviction, while the worst. Are full of passionate intensity. 7. The Lady of Shalott. by Alffred, Lord Tennyson. Willows whiten, aspens shiver. The sunbeam showers break and quiver. In the stream that runneth ever. By the island in the river.
- “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,
Jan 7, 2016 · The Earliest English Poems Ever Written. 10 Greatest Novels Ever Written. 10 Greatest Poems about Death: A Grim Reader. . 10. “The Road Not Taken” by 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.
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From William Shakespeare to Emily Dickinson and Maya Angelou, the poems on this list have become some of the most popular English-language poems ever written. Many of these tap into familiar themes, such as love, loss, death, and the power of natural landscapes. Explore more of the best poems ever written with our Top Ten Series.
