170 Famous English Poems: Emily Dickinson, John Donne, T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost, John Keats, William Shakespeare, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Gertrude ... Williams, William Butler Yeats, and many more

This volume presents a generous selection of the best and most well-known poetry in English and American Literature, from the 16th to the 20th Century. Enjoyed by readers and students across the world, these poems constitute the classics of English language poetry, while also representing poets who have not officially been part of the “canon” until more recently. A variety of genres and forms of poetry are represented, from the traditional English 14-line sonnet to various free forms of modernist poetry, such as minimalism and imagism.Among the authors included are Shakespeare, Donne, Shelley, Keats, Whitman, Dickinson, T.S. Eliot, Stein, Yeats, Frost, William Carlos Williams, and so many more.Organized alphabetically by author, the volume makes it easy for readers to find the poets they already know and love, while also allowing them to browse for names they may have heard of but not explored much. Either way, these mostly short lyric poems inspire, comfort, challenge, and allow readers to both escape from daily life and also reflect deeply on history, nature, love, war, death and the human condition.The collection comes in 8x10 inch-book that is perfect as a gift to anyone who loves poetry. Read more