May 27, 2020 · There are many mellifluous, melodic, and pleasingly arranged poems in English literature, so picking ten was always going to be a tough call.

The following is a list of the top 100 most famous poems of all time in the English language. There's always room for debate when creating a "top 100" list, and let's face it, fame is a pretty fickle thing.

The earliest known English poem is a hymn on the creation; Bede attributes this to Cædmon (fl. 658–680), who was, according to legend, an illiterate herdsman who produced extemporaneous poetry at a monastery at Whitby. This is generally taken …

Jan 22, 2021 · Read the most famous poems from Edgar Allen Poe, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, and dozens more poets who made their mark on the English language.

Mar 7, 2019 · Today is the anniversary of the publication of Robert Frost’s iconic poem “ Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” a fact that spurred the Literary Hub office into a long conversation about their favorite poems, the most iconic poems written in English, and which poems we should all have already read (or at least be reading next).

Jan 7, 2016 · From least greatest (10) to greatest greatest (1), the poems in this list are limited to ones originally written in the English language and which are 50 lines or less, excluding poems like Homer’s Iliad, Edgar Allan Poe’s “Raven,” Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, and Lord Byron’s mock epic Don Juan.

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Mar 12, 2025 · Our list of the most famous poems ever written would not be complete without the work of William Blake, one of the most iconic poets of the English language.

So here are twenty poems to act as a starting-point rather than a self-contained, definitive list. If these whet your appetite for more, we recommend AMAZON, which contains some of the best and most famous poetry written in English. 1. William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18.