Top 7 Influential Poets Of All The Times


By Anshika Verma30, Jul 2024 03:44 PMjagranjosh.com

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was born in 1564, he is known as one of the greatest poets in English Literature. His plays and stories have been adapted so many times.

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou wrote numerous poems, autobiographies as well as news reports. Her best written poems are known as Caged Bird and ‘Still I Rise for which she gained popularity.

Robert Frost

Robert Frost was born in 1874 , he is well-known for his poems. His poem ‘The Road Not Taken’ is the most-written poem in the American poems in the 20th Century.

William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats was born in 1865, who was a playwright, poet and senator of the Irish Free State. As he was born in the Irish Free state, his famous poems are The Second Coming, Easter, 1919.

William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth was born in 1770, and considered as the earliest leader in the romantic movement. His popular poems are ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ and ‘The World Is Too Much with Us.’

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe is best known for writing horror and suspense stories. He was born in 1809 and his popular poems are ‘The Cask of Amontillado’ and ‘The Tell-Tale Heart.’

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes was born in 1902 and became famous in the Harlem Renaissance. His famous works are Dreams, The Negro Speaks of Rivers, and Theme for English B.

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