"Wulf and Eadwacer" has been one of my favorite poems since the first time I read it. In fact, I liked the poem so much that I ended up translating it myself! This is one of the oldest poems in the English language, and in all likelihood the first extant poem by a female poet....
The action verb of this sonnet is not "I love" so much as it is "I want." The poem—one of many love sonnets the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda was known for—conveys a deep sense of all-encompassing longing. No matter where the narrator goes, his mind is on the same thing. ...
Shakespeare) to the Romantics (Schiller, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats) to the 20th Century giants (Pound, Eliot, Frost, Stevens) down to the present day (Ginsberg, Plath, Angelou). Each poem is introduced by a brief head note which details the poet's life history as well as the poem's ...
The most famous "come on" or carpe diem poems in the English language include Robert Herrick’s "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time," Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" and Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love." But the greatest love poem of all—by a ...
Sometimes, you need a good unrequited love poem—for those moments, you can do no better than Pulitzer Prize winner Sylvia Plath, the master ofsad poetry. Read more of her poetry in herCollected Poems. “love will come and when love comes ...
(Shakespeare, Donne, Dante) to the Romantics (Shelly, Keats, Wordsworth) and 20th century giants (Frost, Lorca, Graves), right down to the present day (Viorst, Patchen, Neruda). Each poem features a brief introduction, which details the poet's life history as well as the poem's ...
Vote up the absolute best epic poems of all time below, or add a great epic poem that isn't already on the list. Most divisive: The Faerie Queene Over 600 Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The Greatest Epic Poems Ever Written HOW RANKINGS WORK...
It’s this scene alone – in which John Hannah reads WH Auden’s poem ‘Funeral Blues’ – that cast the greatest influence over audiences. Emotionally honest and full of human warmth, ‘Four Weddings…’ stands out as one of the most enjoyable of British romcoms. And what’s more, it...
John Milton Paradise Lost, On His Blindness, How Soon Hath Time 1,506 votes John Milton, a 17th-century poet, is best known for his epic poem "Paradise Lost," which recounts the biblical story of humanity's fall from grace. A master of blank verse, Milton's work is characterized by ...
1.The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinsonby Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) Emily Dickinson surprisingly only had eleven poems published during her lifetime. It’s hard notto recognize a Dickinson poem these days, with its signature dashes and short lines, but a complete collection of her works didn...