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Morning at the Window
by T. S. Eliot
"Morning at the Window" is a short poem by T. S. Eliot, first published in the poet's 1917 collection Prufrock and Other Observations. Looking down on an urban street from a window (perhaps in Lond...
Immortality (Do not stand at my grave and weep)
by Clare Harner
The popular bereavement poem "Immortality (Do not stand at my grave and weep)" presents death as a kind of transformation rather than an ending. The speaker declares, from beyond the grave, that th...
The Dead (IV)
by Rupert Brooke
"The Dead (IV)" is part of English poet Rupert Brooke's sequence "1914": five linked poems that honored the fallen soldiers of World War I. In this sonnet,  a speaker laments all the small joys of ...
Morning at the Window
by T. S. Eliot
"Morning at the Window" is a short poem by T. S. Eliot, first published in the poet's 1917 collection Prufrock and Other Observations. Looking down on an urban street from a window (perhaps in Lond...
Immortality (Do not stand at my grave and weep)
by Clare Harner
The popular bereavement poem "Immortality (Do not stand at my grave and weep)" presents death as a kind of transformation rather than an ending. The speaker declares, from beyond the grave, that th...
The Dead (IV)
by Rupert Brooke
"The Dead (IV)" is part of English poet Rupert Brooke's sequence "1914": five linked poems that honored the fallen soldiers of World War I. In this sonnet,  a speaker laments all the small joys of ...
The Dead (III)
by Rupert Brooke
"The Dead (III)" is part of a sonnet sequence by Rupert Brooke, titled "1914" and published in the volume 1914 and Other Poems (1915). The poem is an elegy for the fallen UK soldiers of World War I...
Morning at the Window
by T. S. Eliot
"Morning at the Window" is a short poem by T. S. Eliot, first published in the poet's 1917 collection Prufrock and Other Observations. Looking down on an urban street from a window (perhaps in Lond...
Immortality (Do not stand at my grave and weep)
by Clare Harner
The popular bereavement poem "Immortality (Do not stand at my grave and weep)" presents death as a kind of transformation rather than an ending. The speaker declares, from beyond the grave, that th...
The Dead (IV)
by Rupert Brooke
"The Dead (IV)" is part of English poet Rupert Brooke's sequence "1914": five linked poems that honored the fallen soldiers of World War I. In this sonnet,  a speaker laments all the small joys of ...
The Dead (III)
by Rupert Brooke
"The Dead (III)" is part of a sonnet sequence by Rupert Brooke, titled "1914" and published in the volume 1914 and Other Poems (1915). The poem is an elegy for the fallen UK soldiers of World War I...
Request to a Year
by Judith Wright
The speaker of Judith Wright's "Request to a Year" recounts the story of her art-loving great-great-grandmother, who looked on as her son got swept downriver toward a waterfall. Realizing that she ...
Infant Sorrow
by William Blake
English Romantic poet William Blake's "Infant Sorrow" appears in the Experience section of his major collection Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794). In this poem, an infant speaker describe...
The Dead (III)
by Rupert Brooke
"The Dead (III)" is part of a sonnet sequence by Rupert Brooke, titled "1914" and published in the volume 1914 and Other Poems (1915). The poem is an elegy for the fallen UK soldiers of World War I...
Request to a Year
by Judith Wright
The speaker of Judith Wright's "Request to a Year" recounts the story of her art-loving great-great-grandmother, who looked on as her son got swept downriver toward a waterfall. Realizing that she ...
Infant Sorrow
by William Blake
English Romantic poet William Blake's "Infant Sorrow" appears in the Experience section of his major collection Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794). In this poem, an infant speaker describe...
On the Grasshopper and Cricket
by John Keats
The English Romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821) wrote "On the Grasshopper and Cricket" during an 1816 sonnet competition with his friend Leigh Hunt; he published the poem in his first collection, ...
Afternoons
by Philip Larkin
"Afternoons" appears in Philip Larkin's collection The Whitsun Weddings (1964). The poem presents a melancholy portrait of families at a playground, centered on "Young mothers" who have transitione...
The Fly
by William Blake
"The Fly" is one of English Romantic poet William Blake's visionary poems from Songs of Experience (the second volume of his groundbreaking 1794 collection Songs of Innocence and of Experience). Th...
In Your Mind
by Carol Ann Duffy
The British poet Carol Ann Duffy published "In Your Mind" in her 1990 collection The Other Country. Like many of the poems of this collection, "In Your Mind" explores the startling journeys people ...
Byzantium
by William Butler Yeats
"Byzantium" is Irish poet W.B. Yeats's meditation on the relationship between mortality and immortality, the physical world and the spiritual world, and humanity and art. In this complex, mysteriou...
I died for Beauty—but was scarce
by Emily Dickinson
Written around 1862 and published posthumously in 1890, "I died for Beauty—but was scarce" is one of Emily Dickinson's most haunting and well-known poems. The speaker, a cryptic voice from the afte...
Mrs Aesop
by Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy's "Mrs Aesop" is a poem about an ancient Greek storyteller famous for his fables, or short tales that teach a moral lesson. The poem takes the form of a dramatic monologue from the ...
The Spirit Is Too Blunt an Instrument
by Anne Stevenson
"The Spirit is Too Blunt an Instrument" was published in English poet Anne Stevenson's 1969 collection Reversals. The poem's speaker marvels at the incredible complexities of a newborn baby's body,...
William Street
by Kenneth Slessor
Kenneth Slessor's "William Street," included in the poet's 1939 collection Five Bells: XX Poems, finds the beauty in urban grunge and chaos. The speaker vividly describes the sights, smells, and so...
Request to a Year
by Judith Wright
The speaker of Judith Wright's "Request to a Year" recounts the story of her art-loving great-great-grandmother, who looked on as her son got swept downriver toward a waterfall. Realizing that she ...
Infant Sorrow
by William Blake
English Romantic poet William Blake's "Infant Sorrow" appears in the Experience section of his major collection Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794). In this poem, an infant speaker describe...
On the Grasshopper and Cricket
by John Keats
The English Romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821) wrote "On the Grasshopper and Cricket" during an 1816 sonnet competition with his friend Leigh Hunt; he published the poem in his first collection, ...
Afternoons
by Philip Larkin
"Afternoons" appears in Philip Larkin's collection The Whitsun Weddings (1964). The poem presents a melancholy portrait of families at a playground, centered on "Young mothers" who have transitione...
The Fly
by William Blake
"The Fly" is one of English Romantic poet William Blake's visionary poems from Songs of Experience (the second volume of his groundbreaking 1794 collection Songs of Innocence and of Experience). Th...
In Your Mind
by Carol Ann Duffy
The British poet Carol Ann Duffy published "In Your Mind" in her 1990 collection The Other Country. Like many of the poems of this collection, "In Your Mind" explores the startling journeys people ...
Byzantium
by William Butler Yeats
"Byzantium" is Irish poet W.B. Yeats's meditation on the relationship between mortality and immortality, the physical world and the spiritual world, and humanity and art. In this complex, mysteriou...
I died for Beauty—but was scarce
by Emily Dickinson
Written around 1862 and published posthumously in 1890, "I died for Beauty—but was scarce" is one of Emily Dickinson's most haunting and well-known poems. The speaker, a cryptic voice from the afte...
Mrs Aesop
by Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy's "Mrs Aesop" is a poem about an ancient Greek storyteller famous for his fables, or short tales that teach a moral lesson. The poem takes the form of a dramatic monologue from the ...
The Spirit Is Too Blunt an Instrument
by Anne Stevenson
"The Spirit is Too Blunt an Instrument" was published in English poet Anne Stevenson's 1969 collection Reversals. The poem's speaker marvels at the incredible complexities of a newborn baby's body,...
William Street
by Kenneth Slessor
Kenneth Slessor's "William Street," included in the poet's 1939 collection Five Bells: XX Poems, finds the beauty in urban grunge and chaos. The speaker vividly describes the sights, smells, and so...
On the Grasshopper and Cricket
by John Keats
The English Romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821) wrote "On the Grasshopper and Cricket" during an 1816 sonnet competition with his friend Leigh Hunt; he published the poem in his first collection, ...
Afternoons
by Philip Larkin
"Afternoons" appears in Philip Larkin's collection The Whitsun Weddings (1964). The poem presents a melancholy portrait of families at a playground, centered on "Young mothers" who have transitione...
The Fly
by William Blake
"The Fly" is one of English Romantic poet William Blake's visionary poems from Songs of Experience (the second volume of his groundbreaking 1794 collection Songs of Innocence and of Experience). Th...
In Your Mind
by Carol Ann Duffy
The British poet Carol Ann Duffy published "In Your Mind" in her 1990 collection The Other Country. Like many of the poems of this collection, "In Your Mind" explores the startling journeys people ...
Byzantium
by William Butler Yeats
"Byzantium" is Irish poet W.B. Yeats's meditation on the relationship between mortality and immortality, the physical world and the spiritual world, and humanity and art. In this complex, mysteriou...
I died for Beauty—but was scarce
by Emily Dickinson
Written around 1862 and published posthumously in 1890, "I died for Beauty—but was scarce" is one of Emily Dickinson's most haunting and well-known poems. The speaker, a cryptic voice from the afte...
Mrs Aesop
by Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy's "Mrs Aesop" is a poem about an ancient Greek storyteller famous for his fables, or short tales that teach a moral lesson. The poem takes the form of a dramatic monologue from the ...
The Spirit Is Too Blunt an Instrument
by Anne Stevenson
"The Spirit is Too Blunt an Instrument" was published in English poet Anne Stevenson's 1969 collection Reversals. The poem's speaker marvels at the incredible complexities of a newborn baby's body,...
William Street
by Kenneth Slessor
Kenneth Slessor's "William Street," included in the poet's 1939 collection Five Bells: XX Poems, finds the beauty in urban grunge and chaos. The speaker vividly describes the sights, smells, and so...
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