only four years before his death from tuberculosis at the age of 25.Although his poems were not generally well received by critics during his lifetime, his reputation grew after his death, and by the end of the 19th century, he had become one of the most beloved of all English poets. ...
He is regarded as one of the greatest English poets and remains widely read and influential. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; many of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also became popular. He travelled extensively across ...
Contemporary Poets Nobel Prize Poets American Poets English PoetsIndian Poets and Poems Total Poets: 6 A List of Famous Indian Poets includes Poems and Biographical information of the most Famous Indian Poets. Read and Enjoy Poetry by Indian Poets. See also: Poets by Nationality | Contemporary...
Poems of W.B. Yeats: One of the most imporant and beloved writers in the English language, Yeats was at the forefront of the Celtic Revival movement, which sought to insert Irish themes into English language Irish writing. His early writings were influenced by Celtic mythology. He continued ...
Nationality:English Known for:Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear Shakespeare, known as the “Bard of Avon,” is one of the best known English writers in history. He is credited with writing nearly 40 plays, more than 150 sonnets, and several poems. His first recorded works includ...
All Poets See also: Poets by Nationality African American Poets Women Poets Thematic Poems Thematic Quotes Contemporary Poets Nobel Prize Poets American Poets English PoetsWanda Phipps Biography Back to Poet PageEnlarge Picture Wanda Phipps is a poet, journalist, dramaturg, translator as well as ...
Contemporary Poets Nobel Prize Poets American Poets English PoetsAllen Ginsberg Poems Back to Poems PageHowl by Allen GinsbergFor Carl Solomon I I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking ...
Early in the following year Howl and Other Poems was published with an introduction by William Carlos Williams as number four in the City Lights Pocket Poets Series. In May 1956 copies of the small black-and-white stapled paperback were seized by the San Francisco police, who arrested Ferlinghe...
was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Among Byron's best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and the short lyric "She Walks in Beauty." He is regarded as one of the greatest British poets and remains widely read...
Yeats and Pablo Neruda, as well as being called "the most Caribbean of Caribbean poets". He began publishing in 1950 in Thunder and in A.J. Seymour's literary journal Kyk-over-Al. His collection, Poems Of Resistance, published in 1954, established his reputation as a powerful moral and ...