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Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake

William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience presents a profound exploration of human duality. Published in 1794...

Romantic Collection British Illustrated

9.5 Brilliant

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The Whitsun Weddings

The Whitsun Weddings is a poetry collection by Philip Larkin, published in 1964 by Faber and Faber. It includes some of...

Lyric 20TH Century British English

9.5 Brilliant

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Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge

Lyrical Ballads, published in 1798, represents a pivotal moment in literary history. This collection of poems by William...

Romantic Classic Collection British

9.4 Excellent

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s *The Rime of the Ancient Mariner* is a seminal Romantic-era poem exploring themes of guilt, re...

Romantic Classic Collection British

9.4 Excellent

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In Memoriam A.H.H.

In Memoriam A.H.H. is a long elegiac poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, composed over seventeen years following the sudden d...

British Victorian Landmark Elegy

9.4 Excellent

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Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems

Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems is the third and final poetry volume published during John Keats'...

Romantic 19TH Century British John Keats

9.4 Excellent

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The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin

Philip Larkin’s *The Whitsun Weddings* (1964) is a significant collection of poetry exploring themes of rural life, rela...

Classic Collection Modernist British

9.3 Excellent

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Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966–1996 by Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney’s *Opened Ground* presents a significant selection of poems from 1966 to 1996. This collection showcases t...

Contemporary Collection Anthology Poetry

9.3 Excellent

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Collected Poems of W.H. Auden

W.H. Auden (1907-1973) was an Anglo-American poet whose collected works document a career spanning from the late 1920s t...

Comprehensive Modernist British Collected

9.3 Excellent

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The Ring and the Book

The Ring and the Book is a long narrative poem by Robert Browning, published in four volumes in 1868 and 1869 and based...

Narrative British Victorian Dramatic Monologue

9.2 Excellent

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Men and Women

Men and Women is a collection of poetry published in 1855 by the English Victorian poet Robert Browning. The two-volume...

19TH Century British Victorian Dramatic Monologue

9.2 Excellent

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Broken Hierarchies: Poems 1952-2012

"Broken Hierarchies: Poems 1952-2012" is a comprehensive collection of poetry by the British poet Geoffrey Hill, publish...

Contemporary Comprehensive British Collected

9.1 Excellent

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Mean Time

"Mean Time" is a 1993 poetry collection written by the British poet Carol Ann Duffy, who later served as the UK's Poet L...

British 1990S Whitbread Carol Ann Duffy

8.9 Great

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Memorial by Alice Oswald

Alice Oswald’s Memorial presents a unique poetic response to Homer’s *Iliad*. The collection meticulously translates and...

Contemporary Translation Collection British

8.8 Great

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The World's Wife

The World's Wife is a poetry collection by British poet Carol Ann Duffy, published in 1999. The poems retell myths, fair...

British 1990S Feminist Dramatic Monologue

8.8 Great

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The Sad Gondola

Tomas Tranströmer’s *The Sad Gondola* (1996) is a poetry collection exploring themes of loss, memory, and displacement t...

Contemporary 1996 Swedish Late Work

8.6 Great

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Dart by Alice Oswald

Dart is a 2002 book-length poem by British poet Alice Oswald that traces the River Dart from its source on Dartmoor to t...

Nature Contemporary Collection British

8.5 Great

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Standing Female Nude

"Standing Female Nude" is a poetry collection published in 1985 by the British poet Carol Ann Duffy, serving as her debu...

British 1980S Feminist Debut

8.3 Great

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The Bees

The Bees is a 2011 poetry collection by Carol Ann Duffy, published during her tenure as the British Poet Laureate. The c...

Nature British 2010S Carol Ann Duffy

8.3 Great

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The Lunatic

"The Lunatic" is a 2015 poetry collection by the Serbian-American poet and former United States Poet Laureate Charles Si...

American Contemporary 2015 Late Work

7.2 Good