Poetry Recs for People who think they don't like poetry
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Poetry Recs for People who think they don't like poetry
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For spooky, Poe is kind of a classic.
Annabel Lee -- about the premature death of his love
The Bells -- evokes the different sounds and emotions of different bells
The Romantic Period:
The Tyger by William Blake -- the strong rhythm makes this easier to read
Ozymandius by Percy Bysshe Shelley -- short poem about legacy
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge -- story about a sailor who kills an albatross and is blamed for the subsequent bad luck -- LONG so pick a section
Also:
Break, Break, Break and Crossing the Bar by Alfred, Lord Tennyson both short , rhythmic, and about death/ grief
The Lady of the Lake and Marmion by Sir Walter Scott -- both long, so select pieces to begin
Love Poems:
Don't Go Far Off and The Queen by Pablo Neruda -- originally in Spanish with English translations, nice rhythm and imagery without the sentimentality of a lot of love poetry
More Recent:
The Road Not Taken and Birches by Robert Frost -- introspective story poems
"Hope" is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson
The Panther by Rainer Maria Rilke -- strong imagery and rhythm
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