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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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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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In Memoriam A.H.H. by Alfred Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson’s *In Memoriam A.H.H.* is a significant collection of poems written in response to the death of his clos...

Collection British Victorian Poetry

9.2 Excellent

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Songs of Innocence and of Experience

William Blake’s *Songs of Innocence and of Experience* presents two distinct volumes of poetry published in 1794. The co...

Romantic Classic British Visionary

9.2 Excellent

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Lyrical Ballads

Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads, published in 1798, represents a foundational work of t...

Nature Romantic Classic British

9.2 Excellent

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Prufrock and Other Observations

T.S. Eliot’s 1917 collection, Prufrock and Other Observations, represents a pivotal moment in modernist literature. It e...

Classic Modernist Urban British

9.2 Excellent

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Four Quartets

T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets is a seminal modernist poetry collection examining profound questions about time, existence,...

Classic Modernist British Spiritual

9.2 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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Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow

Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow is a 1970 poetry collection by British poet Ted Hughes. The book centers on th...

Dark British 1970S Mythic

9.2 Excellent

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The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell is a book by the English poet and printmaker William Blake, created between 1790 and 179...

Romantic British Prophetic William Blake

9.2 Excellent

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The White Book

The White Book is a 2016 literary work by South Korean author Han Kang that blends elements of prose, poetry, and essay....

Korean Hybrid Grief 2010S

8.8 Great

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Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth is the 2011 debut chapbook by Somali-British poet Warsan Shire. The collection expl...

British 2010S Somali Chapbook

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