William Wordsworth, Poet Laureate of England, and pioneer of the Romantic Age in English literature is very well-known. His poem "Lines Written in Early Spring" is one of his lesser-known poems.

What makes a poem good or bad? Although poetry is extremely subjective there are certain characteristic features that can form the basis of a broad classification of whether a poem is considered good or bad.

Robert Frost is a famous American poet. His poems are profound works on human nature and yet carry a naive simplicity about them. One of his more famous poems is "The Road Not Taken".

The Book of Psalms is what springs to mind when we think of poetry in the Bible. Although not similar in most ways to traditional English poetry, it is nevertheless a collection of poems with a universal appeal.

Sarojini Naidu - the Nightingale of India was not just a poet but also a fiery politician. Her contributions to both Indian politics and well as Indian literature are quite formidable.

Rabindranath Tagore is an important person in Indian history and has played a major role in Indian literature in general and in Bengali Literature in particular. his Gitanjali is one of his best works. One of the poems in the Gitanjali is his Where The Mind Is Without Fear, which is even taught to c

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Can poetry ever not be subjective? can it be objective too? Are objective poems truly poems?

Love is one of the major emotions in a human being's life. It is startling to many people that the Bible devotes an entire book to this emotion and its physical expression.Sensuous and beautiful, the Song of Songs is an enigmatic and interesting book to read.

Nursery rhymes are poems too! And they make interesting reading when one knows all the stories associated with their origin. Little Miss Muffet is one such nursery rhyme that has a history.