Great Poets of the World

A is for Maya Angelou Poet, playwright and novelist Some of her most renowned poetry includes A Brave and Startling Truth and Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie

B is for Elizabeth Barrett Browning English poet of the Romantic movement Most renowned for her Sonnets from the Portuguese, love poems written to her husband

C is for e.e.cummings Renowned for his radical style which abandoned traditional syntax and punctuation One example of his poems is anyone lived in a pretty how town

D is for Emily Dickinson American poet Greatly influences by metaphysical poets Her poetry reflects her solitude

E is for Ralph Waldo Emerson American poet, essayist, and philosopher Best known for his Transcendentalism One of his great poems is “Song of Nature”

F is for Robert Frost American poet known for traditional verse forms and metrics His poems have a theme of life and landscape of New England One of his renowned poems is “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening”

G is for Jorge Guillén Spanish poet Member of the “Generation of 1927” Renowned for his inventiveness of expressing the common in an uncommon manner

H is for Homer Ancient poet born 750 BC Author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

I is for David Ignatow American poet noted for his numerous poems which depict events in everyday life One of his poems is “Hollow Legs”

J is for James Weldon Johnson American poet Most renowned for his poem “ Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing“ written on the occasion of Lincoln's birthday

K is for John Keats English romantic poet Most renowned for the three finest poems pof the English language including “Ode to a Grecian Urn”

L is for Federico García Lorca Most important Spanish poet of 20 th century Influenced by surrealism Member of Generation of 1927 Author of the poem “La Guitarra”

M is for Osip Mandelstam Polish-Russian poet Noted for his development of Acmeism Mixture of poetics and moral doctrine Poems include “A Speechless Sadness”

N is for Pablo Neruda World famous poet from Chile. Best known for his poems of angst.

O is for Ovid Ancient Roman poet born in 43 BC Greatly influenced writers of the middle ages and the renaissance Most noted for The Metamorphoses

P is for Jack Prelutsky American poet Author of humorous poetry written for children Works include “As Soon as Fred Gets Out of Bed” and “Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face”

Q is for Salvatore Quasimodo Italian poet and critic Known for both his hermetic poetry and post-hermetic poetry Poems include “Day After Day” and “Life is not a dream”

R is for Mary Ruefle American poet Poems include “The Daze”

S is for Shel Silverstein Renowned childrens poet. Some of his works include Falling Up and Where the Sidewalk Ends

T is for Henry David Thoreau American poet and writer Renowned for his masterpiece Walden and Poems of Nature

U is for John Updike American poet and novelist Author of more than 50 books Poetry volumes include Facing Nature and Tossing and Turning

V is for Reetika Vazirani Indian poet Poems include “ Daughter- Mother-Maya- Seeta” and “Dream of the Evil Servant”

W is for Walt Whitman American poet Self taught Developed unique style of poetry Most famous for the collection of poems entitles Leaves of Grass

Y is for W.B. Yeats Irish poet Traditional verse with influence of mysticism Renowned for “ The Lake Isle of Innisfree ” and “Leda and the Swan”

Z is for Zawgee Burmese poet Renowned for “Way of the Hyacinth”

Created By: Liz Martin Media Specialist Saluda Trail Middle School Rock Hill, SC 29732