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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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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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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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Strange Meeting

Wilfred Owen’s “Strange Meeting” is a poignant recitation exploring themes of guilt and loss experienced by a wounded Br...

Wwi Elegiac Antiwar Poem

9.2 Excellent

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Mid-Term Break

Seamus Heaney’s “Mid-Term Break” explores profound grief through a deceptively calm poem published in 1966. It details t...

Contemporary Classroom Elegiac Poem

9.2 Excellent

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Hope is the thing with feathers

Emily Dickinson’s “Hope is the thing with feathers” explores the enduring nature of optimism through a striking metaphor...

Inspirational Lyric 19TH Century Dickinson

9.2 Excellent

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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam presents a sequence of fourteen rhyming couplets originally written by the 11th-century Per...

Lyric 19TH Century Philosophical Poem

9.2 Excellent

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Futility

“Futility” is a poignant poem by Wilfred Owen reflecting on the devastating effects of World War I. Written in 1918, it...

Wwi Elegiac Antiwar Poem

9.1 Excellent

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In Flanders Fields

“In Flanders Fields” is a poem by John McCrae commemorating the First World War. Written in 1915 following the Battle of...

Patriotic Memorial Wwi Poem

9.1 Excellent

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Kaddish

Allen Ginsberg’s Kaddish is a powerful recitation of a traditional Jewish prayer offered for the deceased. Originally wr...

Lyric Elegiac Poem Beat Generation

9.1 Excellent

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Let America Be America Again

Langston Hughes’ “Let America Be America Again” is a 1936 poem reflecting on the nation's promise of equality. It critiq...

Lyric Patriotic Harlem Renaissance Poem

9.1 Excellent

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We Wear the Mask

Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask” is a poignant 1895 poem exploring the hidden pain experienced by African Ameri...

Lyric 19TH Century Classroom Poem

9.1 Excellent

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The Convergence of the Twain

Thomas Hardy’s “The Convergence of the Twain” explores the sinking of the Titanic through a lens of geological time. The...

Lyric Elegiac Edwardian Poem

9.1 Excellent

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Thanatopsis

William Cullen Bryant's 1817 American poem meditating on death and humanity's return to nature, one of the first widely...

Lyric 19TH Century Elegiac Poem

8.6 Great

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Paul Revere's Ride

Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1861) is an American narrative poem recounting the midnight warning ri...

Narrative 19TH Century Patriotic Poem

8.4 Great

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Evangeline

Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1847) is a narrative poem following an Acadian woman's lifelong search for her...

Narrative 19TH Century Elegiac Poem

7.5 Good