Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) was an American lyric poet known for her intimate and emotional poetry. Her collections, including “Helen of Troy and Other
Classic Poems
Helen of Troy by Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933) was an American lyric poet known for her passionate and highly personal poetry.
The New Moon by Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933) was an American lyric poet known for her passionate and highly personal poetry.
Suicide in Trenches by Siegfried Sassoon
Suicide in Trenches by Siegfried Sassoon I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, And whistled early with the lark. In winter trenches, cowed and glum With crumps and lice and lack of rum, He put a bullet through his brain. No one spoke […]
Wild nights! Wild nights! by Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was one of the most famous and influential American poets. She led a very private life, rarely leaving her hometown of Amherst
TOO MUCH by Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was one of the most famous and influential American poets. She led a very private life, rarely leaving
Hope by Emily Dickinson
In her poem “Hope,” Emily Dickinson uses an extended metaphor to compare hope to a bird, illustrating its resilience, comfort, and constancy.
Because I could not stop for Death by Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was one of the most original and influential poets in American history. Though she lived
ULALUME by Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, poet, critic and editor best known for his tales of mystery and horror. He is considered a centra
She sights a Bird — she chuckles — by Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was one of the most influential and innovative American poets of the 19th century
Sappho by Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) was an American lyrical poet associated with the early 20th century’s “poetry renaissance” in America.
Autumn by Rainer Maria Rilke
AUTUMN by Rainer Maria Rilke The leaves fall, fall as from far, Like distant gardens withered in the heavens; They fall with slow and lingering descent. And in the nights the heavy Earth, too, falls From out the stars into the Solitude. Thus all doth fall. This hand of mine must fall And lo! the […]
Friendship by Henry David Thoreau
Friendship by Henry David Thoreau ‘Friends, Romans, Countrymen, and Lovers.’ Let such pure hate still underprop Our love, that we may be Each other’s conscience, And have our sympathy Mainly from thence. We’ll one another treat like gods, And all the faith we have In virtue and in truth, bestow On either, and suspicion leave […]
To A Poet A Thousand Years Hence
James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915) was an English poet, dramatist, and diplomat. Though his literary career was cut short by his premature death from tuberculosis
The Sphinx by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Sphinx, a mythical creature, poses philosophical questions about the mysteries of humanity and the universe that have gone unanswered over the ages. She wonders about the meaning of life, humanity’s purpose, and the secrets of nature