English poets
English poets to know and love.
Pope
1688 - 1744
Alexander Pope, the great Georgian poet and wit, was also a translator of Homer.
Opening lines from Homer’s Iliad
The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring
A Georgian wit attempts to render the epic of ancient Greece
Shakespeare
1564 - 1616
Troilus and Cressida, Act III Scene 3
Shakespeare eavesdrops on Odysseus and Achilles
I do believe it, for they pass'd by me
Ulysses suggests that celebrities cannot rest on their laurels.
Tennyson
1809 - 1892
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, is a classic example of a relatively modern writer who was strongly influenced by his deep knowledge and love of Latin poetry.
Westbrook
Twentieth century English poet writing in traditional forms.
Westbrook jokes about the novel
Emma Woodhouse was no retiring mouse
Tenbury Wells
Westbrook on love and family.
Waldlied (Forest Song)
Arm in Arm und Kron' an Krone steht der Eichenwald verschlungen,
A fine Swiss poet uses ancient myth.
Der Schwan (The Swan)
Diese Mühsal, durch noch Ungetanes
Rilke sees a metaphor for life and death in the swan on land and on water.
