The 100 Best Poems of All Time

The 100 Best Poems of All Time by Leslie Pockell. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780739417126.

Here, in this compact volume, is a greatest hits collection of the 100 best poems ever written by the worlds greatest poets. This essential collection is perfect for the poetry lover who wants to carry around their favorite poems, and ideal for the reader seeking an introduction to the greatest poems world literature has to offer. The authors included are each represented by his or her best-known and best-loved work, from the Classics (Homer, Sappho, Virgil, Ovid) to the Renaissance (Dante, Petrarch, Villon, Shakespeare) to the Romantics (Schiller, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats) to the 20th Century giants (Pound, Eliot, Frost, Stevens) down to the present day (Ginsberg, Plath, Angelou). Each poem is introduced by a brief head note which details the poets life history as well as the poems significance.