What jumps into your mind when you think of the most famous poems ever written? Shakespearean love poems? Something longer ...
Sassoon and Owen capture in verse the sheer frightfulness of trench warfare; they are the supreme English war poets of their ...
No list of famous poems would be complete without a contribution from the big man, so here's Ralph Fiennes bringing all of his dramatic talents to bear on a compelling rendition of Sonnet 129 ...
Their mission was to research and promote the achievements of Black Americans and other people of African descent, including famous black poets. During Black History Month, the black community ...
Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a ...
He wrote Digging on 4th April 1915 – in the spring – and yet it is unmistakeably an autumnal poem. In Today, we were treated to a live performance of Keats' famous poem, which is said to have ...
Christina Rossetti was one of the finest poets of the Victorian age, well known for collections including Goblin Market and Other Poems and The Face of the Deep. She addressed gender issues in her ...
The simple, yet powerful image in Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon’s pensive poem Mambazham (1936) of a mother offering a mango to her son, where he had been buried, months after she had reprimanded ...
We have lost a legend. Urdu poet Rahat Indori is no more, but these lines will live for eternity. Here’s a look at some of his memorable works – poetry and shayari.