Poets

c. 1600-1830· 10 works

Donne to Wordsworth. Non-epic poets - lyric, metaphysical, devotional, satirical, and narrative - carved out of the chronological eras and grouped together by author.

Poets, Ranked

According to Groblé

  1. The Temple1633George HerbertModerate·Medium·140 pagesInfluence—Popularity—PoetsLyricEnglish
  2. Selected Poems1697John DrydenModerate·Long·320 pagesInfluence—Popularity—PoetsSatireEnglish
  3. The Rape of the Lock1714Alexander PopeModerate·Quick·27 pagesInfluence—Popularity—PoetsSatireEnglish
  4. William Wordsworth, Selected Poems1815William WordsworthModerate·Medium·184 pagesInfluence—Popularity—PoetsLyricEnglish
  5. Shakespeare's Sonnets1609William ShakespeareModerate·Short·77 pagesInfluence—Popularity—PoetsLyricEnglish
  6. The Complete English Poems1633John DonneHard·Long·380 pagesInfluence—Popularity—PoetsLyricEnglish
  7. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner1798Samuel Taylor ColeridgeModerate·Quick·17 pagesInfluence—Popularity—PoetsEpicEnglish
  8. The Complete Poems1616Ben JonsonModerate·Long·272 pagesInfluence—Popularity—PoetsLyricEnglish
  9. The Complete Poems1681Andrew MarvellModerate·Medium·132 pagesInfluence—Popularity—PoetsLyricEnglish
  10. The Complete Poems1827William BlakeModerate·Epic·700 pagesInfluence—Popularity—PoetsLyricEnglish
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