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A list of the 50 most prominent, influential, and greatest famous poets (and their poems) in history. This list includes photos and biographical information. This greatest poets ranking is determined by website visitors and today's readers of poetry.
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- Langston Hughes
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26. Sept. 2023 · Learn about the lives and works of influential poets from ancient Greece to modern America, such as Homer, Emerson, Poe, Whitman, Dickinson, Yeats, Frost, Neruda, and Angelou. Discover how they drew from their experiences to craft memorable poems about the human experience and the world around them.
Diane Ackerman (born 1948), US author, poet and naturalist. Duane Ackerson (1942–2020), US writer of speculative poetry and fiction. Milton Acorn (1923–1986), Canadian poet, writer and playwright. Harold Acton (1904–1994), English writer, scholar and dilettante. János Aczél (died 1523), Hungarian poet and provost.
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TitleSchool / MovementYearsRomanticism1795 – 1821Contemporary1928 – 2014Fireside Poet1807 – 1882Romanticism1770 – 1850- William Shakespeare
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- Dante Alighieri
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- Emily Dickinson
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- Geoffrey Chaucer
Of course, any list of poets (or playwrights) of world-renown would be greatly flawed without the inclusion of William Shakespeare. Were it put through a poll, chances are most people, old and young, would vote the Stratford-upon-Avon native as the greatest dramatist and one of the most accomplished poets in the history of English literature. Widel...
For centuries, Homer’s identity has eluded scholars. Many have wondered whether he was a mam, a woman or perhaps a group of writers. Lovers of his works eventually came to believe that this master of poetry is one man, considering the consistency in style that is shown in writings attributed to him. True or not, Homer’s style identifies him as a ba...
Right from childhood, Edgar Poe’s life was riddled with trouble. Having lost both parents at age three and being raised by foster parents he would rather avoid, the darkness surrounding his life seeped through the language and tone of his poems. At some point, Poe dropped out of the University of Virginia and enlisted in the United States Army. Tho...
Born Durante Alighieri in Florence, Italy, Dante Alighieri studied Tuscan poetry and painting at an early age. Later, he worked as an apprentice under the accomplished Italian poet and vernacular Italian writer, Brunette Latini. When his lover Beatrice died in 1290, Dante found solace in the philosophical works of Boethius, Cicero and Aristotle and...
Away from his native home in Missouri, Thomas Stearns Eliot, commonly known as T.S. Eliot, settled in England from age 25 and eventually became a British citizen. Much of Eliot’s early poetry featured themes of mental illness and broken perceptions. The Harvard graduate worked as a literary editor at Faber & Faber publishing house. Much of his succ...
Often described as a recluse who would rather enjoy her own company in her bedroom at her Amherst home in Massachusetts, her oeuvre was extensive and mostly done in secret. She remains relatively unknown to modern readers since only about 10 of her poems have been published. After Emily’s death, her sister, Lavinia, was shocked to find that Emily w...
Originally from London, John Keats was trained as a physician and even earned a license to practice medicine. He, however, showed greater promise of becoming a successful poet than a medical doctor. At age 19, be wrote his first completed work, “An Imitation of Spencer.” Keats’ inspiration for poetry was birthed through influences from the likes of...
The literary genius began her writing journey during childhood where she penned a couple of essays and poems. Greatly influenced by the likes of William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe, the majority of her work have been autobiographies and poetry. She dedicated 50 years of her lifetime to singing, dancing, advocating for civil rights, writing poem...
Born into a peasant family among the shrubs in Mantua, young Virgil (also spelled Vergil) was raised in the countryside. He studied Greek and Roman poets during his early schooling in Cremona and Milan where he acquired his toga virilis (“toga of manhood”), a garment of ancient Rome worn by adult male citizens. Virgil was only recognized as a citiz...
Geoffrey Chaucer was a Londoner born into a bourgeois family. He became a public servant to Countess Elizabeth of Ulster. He later married (around 1366) Philippa (de) Roet, the lady-in-waiting to the wife of Edward III of England. After enlisting in the Royal Service, he traveled extensively on diplomatic missions throughout the 1360s and was given...
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