english poetry

Uses classic poems to teach how to read poetry and write about it, and presents an anthology of more than 250 poems, arranged alphabetically by author.

Contains the selected works of Lord Byron including short poems, satires, tales, and drama.

A collection of Kipling's poetry, including humorous verses and children's rhymes.

Profiles the poems and sonnets of William Shakespeare and discusses why his poems are still popular, how they influenced other poets, how they help shape the country's identity, and other related topics.

Provides a representative selection of criticism available on some of the principal 17th-century English poets.

Irish poet Ciaran Carson retells fourteenth-century Italian poet Dante Alighieri's verse tale of a tour through Hell.

Odes, sonnets, and narratives by John Keats, most often associated with Romanticism in English literature.

Presents translations of three medieval English poems, including the Arthurian Romance "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"; "Pearl, " an elegy on the death of a young child; and "Sir Orfeo, " the story of a king who goes into exile after his wife is stolen by magic.