The American poet Walt Whitman was is consider the first modern poet. 20th century writers build the modern movement on Whitman’s works.
1800s Poetry
Success by Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
O Captain My Captain by Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
To Myself by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
To Myself Let nothing make thee sad or fretful, Or too regretful; Be still; What God hath ordered must be right; Then find in it thine own delight, My will. Why shouldst thou fill to-day with sorrow About to-morrow. My heart? One watches all with care most true; Doubt not that he will give thee […]
A Pause of Thought by Christina Rossetti
A Pause of Thought by Christina Rossetti I looked for that which is not, nor can be, And hope deferred made my heart sick in truth: But years must pass before a hope of youth Is resigned utterly. I watched and waited with a steadfast will: And though the object seemed to flee away That […]