William Blake (1757-1827) an English poet and painter who had a major impact on the romantic era.
Month: January 2010
The Builders–Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was an American poet who wrote many classics including “Paul Revere’s Ride.” He is one of the most important poets in American history.
Jabberwocky–Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carrol [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898) was an English author and mathematician best know for his work Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Throw the Looking Glass.
Dulce Et Decorum Est–Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen was born at Oswestry on 18th March 1893
A month before his death he wrote to his mother: “My nerves are in perfect order. I came out again in order to help these boys; directly, by leading them as well as an officer can; indirectly, by watching their sufferings that I may speak of them as well as a pleader can.” Let his own words be his epitaph:?
“Courage was mine, and I had mystery;
Wisdom was mine, and I had mastery.”
~Siegfried Sassoon
When I was a Bird–Katherine Mansfield
Kathleen Mansfield Murry was born in 1888 and died in 1923. Prominent in the modernist movement as a short fiction writing, her poetry is lesser know.
The Coronet–Andrew Marvell
When for the thorns with which I long, too long, With many a piercing wound, My Saviour’s head have crowned, I seek with garlands to redress that wrong,? Through every garden, every mead, I gather flowers (my fruits are only flowers), Dismantling all the fragrant towers That once adorned my shepherdess’s head : And now,…
The Sleeper in the Valley–Arthur Rimbaud
Arthur Rimbaud was born in 1854 and died in 1891. He was for the most part a boy poet. His work was part of the decadent movement.
John Donne–Meditation XVII
John Donne was an English poet born in 1572. He died in 1631. Donne has had a major influence on many generations of poets especially of the metaphysical variety.
To a Poet a Thousand Years Hence–James Elroy Flecker
James Elroy Flecker was a British poet who was born in 1884 and died in 1915. He was the most famous poet of the Parnassian Poets.
Dreamers by Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon was a British poet born Sept. 8, 1886. He died in 1967. Sassoon was served in World War I.