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Song of Myself

Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” is an expansive 1855 poem central to American literary history. It's notable for its inn...

Lyric Epic 19TH Century Poem

9.7 Brilliant

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s *The Rime of the Ancient Mariner* is a Romantic-era poem detailing a sailor’s fateful encounte...

Romantic Narrative Classroom Poem

9.6 Brilliant

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The Canterbury Tales General Prologue

Chaucer’s General Prologue offers a detailed snapshot of late medieval England through a collection of character sketche...

Narrative Medieval Classroom Chaucer

9.6 Brilliant

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a medieval narrative poem written in Middle English around 1390. It tells the story o...

Narrative Medieval Classroom Poem

9.5 Brilliant

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Anthem for Doomed Youth

Wilfred Owen’s “Anthem for Doomed Youth” is a poignant poem reflecting on the experiences of young men killed during Wor...

Wwi Classroom Elegiac Poem

9.5 Brilliant

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When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd

Walt Whitman’s “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” is a deeply moving elegy written in 1865 to commemorate Abraha...

19TH Century Memorial Elegiac Poem

9.5 Brilliant

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Because I could not stop for Death

Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for Death” explores themes of mortality through a carefully constructed meta...

Lyric 19TH Century Classroom Dickinson

9.5 Brilliant

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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Dylan Thomas’s “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” is a powerful villanelle exploring themes of aging and resistance...

Modernist Classroom Elegiac Poem

9.4 Excellent

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La Belle Dame sans Merci

John Keats’ “La Belle Dame sans Merci” is a narrative poem first published in 1819. It portrays a knight’s obsessive pur...

Romantic Narrative Ballad Keats

9.3 Excellent

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The New Colossus

Emma Lazarus’s “The New Colossus” is a 19th-century poem immortalized by its inscription on the Statue of Liberty. The w...

19TH Century Ceremonial Patriotic Poem

9.3 Excellent

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Easter, 1916

W.B. Yeats’ “Easter, 1916” reflects on the events surrounding the Irish Easter Rising. The poem explores themes of loss,...

Modernist Patriotic Elegiac Poem

9.3 Excellent

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O Captain! My Captain!

Walt Whitman’s “O Captain! My Captain!” is a poignant 19th-century poem written in response to Abraham Lincoln's assassi...

19TH Century Patriotic Elegiac Poem

9.1 Excellent

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The Ballad of Reading Gaol

The Ballad of Reading Gaol is an elegiac narrative poem by Oscar Wilde detailing his experiences and observations while...

Narrative Victorian Elegiac Poem

9.0 Excellent

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Thanatopsis

Thanatopsis is a poem by American writer William Cullen Bryant that was first published in 1817 and later revised and ex...

Lyric 19TH Century Elegiac Poem

8.6 Great

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Casey at the Bat

Casey at the Bat is a narrative poem written by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, first published under the pen name Phin in 1888....

Narrative 19TH Century Classroom Poem

8.5 Great

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A Visit from St. Nicholas

"A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("'Twas the Night Before Christmas") is an 1823 American poem attributed to Clement Clarke M...

Narrative 19TH Century Ceremonial Moore

8.5 Great

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Paul Revere's Ride

Paul Revere's Ride is a narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1861. T...

Narrative 19TH Century Patriotic Poem

8.4 Great

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A Psalm of Life

"A Psalm of Life" is a lyric poem by American writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in 1838 and included in...

Inspirational 19TH Century Classroom Poem

8.1 Great

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The Village Blacksmith

"The Village Blacksmith" is a narrative poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in 1840 and la...

Lyric 19TH Century Classroom Poem

8.1 Great

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The Song of Hiawatha

The Song of Hiawatha is an 1855 narrative poem by American writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Written in trochaic tetram...

Epic Narrative 19TH Century Poem

7.6 Good