Anne Bradstreet’s Life Anne Bradstreet, née Dudley, was the first female writer and poet in the British North American colonies who succeeded in getting her works published. Born on March 20, 1612 in Northampton in England, Anne was brought up…
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To My Dear and Loving Husband
To My Dear and Loving Husband Anne Bradstreet If ever two were one, then surely we; If ever man were loved by wife, then thee; If ever wife was happy in a man; Compare with me, ye women, if you…
John Keats
John Keats’s Life John Keats was a great English poet, and one of the youngest poets of the Romantic movement. He was born in Moorefield, London in 1795. When he was just 8 years old, his father, Thomas Keats, died.…
Ode to a Nightingale
Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats Note: The text quoted above is not the original words of John Keats’s Ode to a Nightingale. The authentic poem begins: I have heard, within the silent night, the song of a nightingale.…
Robert Browning
Early Life Robert Browning was born on the 7th of May in Camberwell, London, England. He was the brilliant son of Sarah Anna, daughter of German ship-owner, while his father, Robert Browning, was a clerk in the Bank of England.…
My Last Duchess
My Last Duchess by Robert Browning That’s my last Duchess, I will show you. The portrait that I gave you was a thing of beauty, but she had a joy in her look that was too much for me. I…
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson’s Life Regarded as a major Victorian poet, Alfred Lord Tennyson was born on August 6, 1809 in Somersby, Lincolnshire in England. One of eleven siblings of a rector, Tennyson was the fourth child. Along with his two…
Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe’s Life A famous poet, playwright, and translator of the Elizabethan era, Christopher Marlowe holds a prominent place among the famous Elizabethan playwrights. Yet there are aspects of his life that are still shrouded in mystery. According to some…
The Lady of Shalott
The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tennyson On either side the river lies Long fields of barley and of rye, That clothed the world and met the sky; Through the field the road runs by To many‑towered Camelot; And up…
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love by Christopher Marlowe Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods, or steep mountain yields. And we will sit upon…
Emily Bronte
Emily Bronte’s Life A female English poet and novelist, Emily Bronte was born on July 30, 1818 in Thornton, Yorkshire in England. Her family moved eight miles away to Haworth in 1824, where her father, Patrick Bronte, worked as a…
Remembrance
Remembrance by Emily Brontë Cold in the earth—and the deep snow piled above thee, Far, far removed, cold in the dreary grave! Have I forgotten, my only Love, to love thee, Severed at last by Time’s all severing wave? Now,…
Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke’s Life The full name of Rupert Brooke is Rupert Chawner Brooke. His middle name is often pronounced as “Chaucer”. Brooke is a well-known English poet during the World War I. Born on 3rd August, 1887 at 5 Hillmorton…
Retrospect
Retrospect by Rupert Brooke In your arms was still delight, Quiet as a street at night; And thoughts of you, I do remember, Were green leaves in a darkened chamber, Were dark clouds in a moonless sky. Love, in you,…
Randall Mann
Randall Mann’s Life Randall Mann is a famous American poet, who was born in 1972 in Provo, Utah. He is the only son of Field Medalist and Olympic Track runner, Ralph Mann. He started writing poems, when he was just…
Last Call
Last Call by Randall Mann A giant bird- of-paradise has climbed the bar: in this paradise there are no flowers, no flowers at all. When Happy Hour becomes Last Call— Adam in drag our royalty— we buy her gin for…
The Root
The Root by Helen Hoyt Love faded in my heart I thought it was dead Now new flowers start Fresh leaves outspread Why do these flowers upstart? And again the leaves spread? Oh, when will it be dead? This root…
Helen Hoyt
Helen Hoyt’s Life Helen Hoyt is a well-known American romantic lyric poet, who was born on 22 January 1887 in Norwalk, Connecticut. She is also known as Helen Hoyt Lyman and Mrs. W.W. Lyman as she got married to William…
John Masefield
John Masefield’s Life Masefield was born on 1st June, 1878 in Ledbury, Herefordshire, England. His mother died when he was only six years old. He lived with his aunt and father but later his father, who was a solicitor, died…
Beauty
Beauty by John Masefield I have seen dawn and sunset on moors and windy hills Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain: I have seen the lady April bringing in the daffodils, Bringing the springing grass and…