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Poems George Meredith · 1851 · 623p · ≈ 20h · Demanding Shares English poetry, Poetry with this book.

Poetical works of Robert Bridges Robert Seymour Bridges · 1898 · ★ 3.7 · 484p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Each section preceded by a bibliographical note. Second edition. Prometheus the firegiver, a mask in the Greek manner.--Demeter, a mask.--Eros and psyche.--The growth of love.--Shorter poems, --New poems, --Later poems.--Poems in classical prosody.--October, and other poems.--New verse.--Two pieces written after the war.--Index of titles and first lines. Shares English poetry, Poetry

Don Juan Lord Byron · 1819 · ★ 3.6 · 193p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Byron's exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the age of sixteen in his native Spain and his subsequent exile to Italy. Following a dramatic shipwreck, his exploits take him to Greece, where he is sold as a slave, and to Russia, where he becomes a favourite of the Empress Catherine who sends him on to England. Written entirely in… Shares English poetry, Poetry

The Song of Hiawatha and Other Poems Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1800 · ★ 4.0 · 354p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Poetry and prose written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow List of Poems: The song of Hiawatha Evangeline The courtship of Miles Standish The village blacksmith A Psalm of life The rainy day The light of stars God's acre The reaper and the flowers The wreck of the Hesperus The arrow and the song Footsteps of angels Endymion The arsenal at Springfield In the churchyard at… Shares American poetry, English poetry, Poetry

Elegy written in a country churchyard Thomas Gray · 1751 · 25p · ≈ 50m · Challenging Shares English poetry, Poetry with this book.

Departmental ditties and other verses Rudyard Kipling · 1800 · 94p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Shares English poetry, Poetry with this book.

Peacock pie, a book of rhymes Walter De la Mare · 1913 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Peacock Pie presents an extensive selection of de la Mare's best poetry, in thematically themes sections such as are "Up and Down," "Boys and Girls," "Three Queer Tales," "Places and People," "Beasts," "Witches and Fairies," "Earth and Air," and "Songs." Shares English poetry, Poetry

Les contemplations Victor Hugo · 1856 · ★ 4.0 · 457p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Shares Poetry with this book.

The Complete Poetical Works Edgar Allan Poe · 1849 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Shares Poetry with this book.

Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Charlotte Brontë · 1846 · ★ 3.9 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell was a volume of poetry published jointly by the three Brontë sisters,  Charlotte,  Emily and Anne in 1846 (see 1846 in poetry), and their first work to ever go in print. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Brontë sisters adopted androgynous first names. All three retained the… Shares Poetry

Drum-taps Walt Whitman · 1865 · 158p · ≈ 5h · Challenging "Walt Whitman worked as a nurse in an army hospital during the Civil War and published Drum-Taps, his war poems, as the war was coming to an end. Later, the book came out in an expanded form, including 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd,' Whitman's passionate elegy for Lincoln. The most moving and enduring poetry to emerge from America's most tragic conflict, Drum-Taps also helped to… Shares American poetry, Poetry

Poems Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1847 · ★ 3.5 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Interspersed are passages from the author's "Essays" and "Journal". Shares American poetry, Poetry

Day of doom Michael Wigglesworth · 1666 · 95p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Shares American poetry, Poetry with this book.

Marmion Sir Walter Scott · 1800 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Shares Poetry with this book.

The Rape of the Lock Alexander Pope · 1714 · ★ 3.5 · 52p · ≈ 1h · Challenging A satiric poem about Belinda and the evil Baron who wants to steal a lock of her hair, it is a commentary on the battle of the sexes and the contemporary social world of high society. Shares English poetry, Poetry, Social life and customs

Tales of a wayside inn Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1863 · 237p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Mostly a collection of story-telling poems told by a group of friends in a tavern late one night. "Tales" includes the famous Paul Revere's ride, together with poems of many tales, countries and styles. Shares American poetry, Poetry

Ariel Sylvia Plath · 1965 · ★ 4.2 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Moderate "A restored edition of Sylvia Plath's collection of poems that were published after her death that restores the selection and arrangement of the poems as Plath left them at the point of her death." Upon the publication of her posthumous volume of poetry, Ariel, in the mid-1960s, Sylvia Plath became a household name. Readers may be surprised to learn that the draft of Ariel left behind by… Shares American poetry, Poetry

Why War Is Never a Good Idea Alice Walker · 2007 · ★ 4.0 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Light Simple, rhythmic text explores the wanton destructiveness of War, which has grown old but not wise, as it demolishes nice people and beautiful things with no consideration for the consequence Shares American poetry, Poetry

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