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Famous Poets
Below are
articles featuring famous
poets and poetic movements
throughout history. We
will be adding more famous poets to
this resource soon. For
reference on techniques and
poetic forms, see Workshop.
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John
Keats
John Keats was a prototype of the Romantic era, a genius of
his age. Keats’ inspirational poetry appertains to his undeniable delight and deep affection for the exquisite loveliness of nature…
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Dylan
Thomas
Much raw talent has emerged over the years from the fabulous valleys and exquisite countryside of Wales. However, by far the greatest innovative intellect to have been generated by this inspirational country must be Dylan Thomas.
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William
Blake
Take an amble through the annals of history and you will find them peppered with gargantuan giants: men and women, who from quite humble beginnings accomplish greatness. People who leave their individual stamp on our heritage for generations to come.
William Blake was one such man.
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Byron
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The Romantic
Poets
One of the most evocative eras in the history of poetry must surely be that of the Romantic movement. During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries a group of poets created a new mood in literary
objectives…
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Eliot
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Master
Poets of the 20th Century
It was T E
Hulme, the influential literary journalist, who was the father of Imagism. He wanted to move away from the romantics and their 'sloppiness which doesn't consider a poem is a poem unless it is whining or moaning about something or other'.
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