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T. S. Eliot. Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. [1] He is considered to be one of the 20th century's greatest poets, as well as a central figure in English-language Modernist poetry. His use of language, writing style, and verse structure ...
In Dreams Begin Responsibilities, Summer Knowledge: New and Selected Poems. Notable awards. Bollingen Prize. Delmore Schwartz (December 8, 1913 – July 11, 1966) was an American poet and short story writer.
United States Poet Laureate. 2012-2014. Heinz Award in Arts and Humanities. 2017. Spouse. Brett Gadsden. Natasha Trethewey (born April 26, 1966) is an American poet who served as United States Poet Laureate from 2012 to 2014. [1] She won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her 2006 collection Native Guard, [2] and is a former Poet Laureate of ...
John Donne (/ d ʌ n / DUN) (1571 or 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England. Under royal patronage, he was made Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London (1621–1631).
Dante Alighieri (Italian: [ˈdante aliˈɡjɛːri]; c. May 1265 – September 14, 1321), most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (English: / ˈ d ɑː n t eɪ, ˈ d æ n t eɪ, ˈ d æ n t i /, US: / ˈ d ɑː n t i /), was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher.
to the Council of State. In office. March 1649 – May 1660. Signature. John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse and including twelve books, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval.
v. t. e. Poetry (a term derived from the Greek word poiesis, "making"), also called verse, [note 1] is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic [1] [2] [3] qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meaning. Such a literary composition is a poem and is written by a poet.
Denis Florence MacCarthy (26 May 1817 – 9 April 1882) was an Irish poet, translator, and biographer, from Dublin. Biography [ edit ] MacCarthy was born in Lower O'Connell Street, Dublin, on 26 May 1817, [1] and educated there and at St Patrick's College, Maynooth . [2]