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To Autumn by John Keats
To Autumn by John Keats Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;...
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Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert…Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered...
There is no frigate like a book by Emily Dickinson
There is no frigate like a book by Emily Dickinson There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away, Nor any Coursers like a Page Of prancing Poetry – This Traverse...
Nobody poem by Emily Dickinson
I’m Nobody! Who are you? by Emily Dickinson 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! How dreary...
John Greenleaf Whitter 80th Birthday Poem by Holmes
TO JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER ON HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY 1887 by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr FRIEND, whom thy fourscore winters leave more dear Than when life’s roseate summer on thy cheek Burned in the flush...
Old Ironsides by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr
OLD IRONSIDES by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr This was the popular name by which the frigate Constitution was known. The poem was first printed in the Boston Daily Advertiser, at the time when it...
Idylls of the King by Tennyson
Idylls of the King Index by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Flos Regum Arthurus (Joseph of Exeter) EIL Editor’s Note: Idylls of the King is a cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet Alfred,...
The Coming of Arthur: Idylls of the King by Tennyson
The Coming of Arthur From Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Previous Entry: Dedication | Next Entry: Gareth and Lynette The Coming of Arthur...
Satire I by Horace
SATIRE I. by Horace QUI FIT, MAECENAS. How comes it, say, Maecenas, if you can, That none will live like a contented man Where choice or chance directs, but each must praise The folk...
Daffodils by William Wordsworth
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth 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...
Versification by Sara Selby
Have you ever wondered what the art of making verses is called? It’s versification — a word you won’t often hear. In this article, Professor Sara Selby clearly describes the principles of prosody, which...
John Dryden Poetry
John Dryden Poetry John Dryden is a Neo-Classical poet, playwright, satirist, and literary critic. Along with John Donne and John Milton, he is considered one of the three greatest poets of the 17th century....
Working it Out with George Herbert & Joseph Womack
Would you like to deepen your devotional reading? Have you always wanted to understand great poetry? Working it Out may be just what you need! In Working it Out, you will study the work...
In a Station of the Metro by Ezra Pound
In a Station of the Metro by Ezra Pound (1885 – 1972) The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough. That’s it. “In a Station of the Metro”...
Chicago by Carl Sandburg
CHICAGO by Carl Sandburg First published in Poetry magazine, 1914. CHICAGO HOG Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and...
Mrs Kessler by Edgar Lee Masters from Spoon River Anthology
Mrs. Kessler by Edgar Lee Masters from Spoon River Anthology (New York: Macmillan Co, 1916) MR. KESSLER, you know, was in the army, And he drew six dollars a month as a pension, And...
The Circuit Judge by Edgar Lee Masters from Spoon River Anthology
The Circuit Judge by Edgar Lee Masters from Spoon River Anthology (New York: Macmillan Co, 1916) TAKE note, passers-by, of the sharp erosions Eaten in my head-stone by the wind and rain— Almost as...
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems by Robert Frost
Like much of Robert Frost’s poetry, “The Road Not Taken” appears simple, but offers food for thought. Although it’s sometimes taken as a poem that celebrates choosing an unusual path in life, it is...
Poetry by Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt
Poet Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836–1919) is not as well known as Emily Dickinson, but her verses show some of the same power and originality. Here is an index to the Sarah Morgan Bryan...
Poetry by Mark Twain
Mark Twain Poetry Although Mark Twain was best known for being a satirist and a humorously creative author, he also wrote a few poems. We have referenced these six in our curriculum, including in...
Caliban upon Setebos by Robert Browning
CALIBAN UPON SETEBOS OR, NATURAL THEOLOGY IN THE ISLAND by Robert Browning from Browning’s Shorter Poems: Selected and Edited by Franklin Baker, Professor of English in Teachers College, Columbia University. Fourth edition, The Macmillan...
What is Iambic Pentameter?
I heard about iambic pentameter for years before I understood what it meant. I was able to figure out that it had something to do with five (penta), but the standard definition, “in poetry,...
How to Read Poetry Aloud
Reading poetry aloud is a wonderful way to internalize the rhythm and cadence of beautifully crafted language, as well as poetic imagery. Learning to read poetry aloud can lead to creative recitations, and the...
Robert Browning Poetry
Robert Browning Poetry Robert Browning (1812-1889) was an English poet, known for his dramatic verse. Considered one of the foremost poets of the Victorian era, Browning was born the same year as Charles Dickens....
Paul Laurence Dunbar Poetry
Poetry by Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 – 1906) was an African-American poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio, to parents who had been slaves in Kentucky before the...
America by Herman Melville
Although Herman Melville is best known as the author of Moby Dick, from which sprang one of the best first sentences in literature — “Call me Ishmael.”— he also wrote poetry, essays, and travel...
Ralph Waldo Emerson Poems
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American transcendentalist poet and writer. A native of Boston, he lived most of his life in that region of Massachusetts, and his book Nature inspired Henry David Thoreau,...
Poetry by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr (1809-1894), a professor of anatomy at Harvard University, wrote poetry as a hobby. Some of his most memorable poems tell historical stories. In both his life and his work, he...
Poetry by Shakespeare’s Contemporaries
In Shakespeare’s time, the fields of art and science were blossoming. Here are a few poems by Shakespeare contemporaries, including Sidney and Marlowe.
At the Close of the Year by John Newton
A poem by John Newton (1725-1807), a British sailor and slave trader who experienced conversion and became a writer, Anglican minister, and activist for the abolition of slavery.
