Do you know any great known poems?

Question

I need poems by known ppl relating to beauty. It has to be not too long and not too short. Some of the things im looking for is for the poem to have a use of metaphor, similie, imagery, personification and etc. it does not need to include all of them, but the more the better. ( I also need 4 or 5 poems) Any help greatly appreciated!@ Thanks!

Answer 1

A Dream Deferred
by Langston Hughes


What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Leaves of Grass. 1900.

91. I Hear America Singing



I HEAR America singing, the varied carols I hear;
Those of mechanics—each one singing his, as it should be, blithe and strong;
The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his, as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work;
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat—the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck; 5
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench—the hatter singing as he stands;
The wood-cutter’s song—the ploughboy’s, on his way in the morning, or at the noon intermission, or at sundown;
The delicious singing of the mother—or of the young wife at work—or of the girl sewing or washing—Each singing what belongs to her, and to none else;
The day what belongs to the day—At night, the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing, with open mouths, their strong melodious songs.

Answer 2

Hi,

As I walked through the street I saw a beauty
She was so amazing that looking at her was a duty
But I did not fall down to her trap and I left the place
Her eyes started to get wet and I could see the pain on her face.

Actually to be honest with you I am not famous yet but I write some deep and philosophical poems. Basically some of my poems are autobriographical, some of them just talk about every day life, beauty, nature. In case you are interested let me know.

Best regards,

J

Answer 3

"She Walks in Beauty" by George Gordon, Lord Byron (link: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16159 )

"Hymne a la Beaute" by Charles Baudelaire -- it's French, but there are many translations (link to one here: http://www.piranesia.net/baudelaire/fleurs/index.php?poeme=25&lang=en)

"This beauty is soft..." by Pablo Neruda (again, this will be a translation from Spanish - http://www.public.asu.edu/~nielle/neruda.htm#beauty)

"Baby Face" by Carl Sandberg (http://www.bartleby.com/134/81.html )

So many poets have written on this theme ... have you tried searching the database at the American Academy of Poets (www.poets.org)? I hope you will read all of these and many more. The poems I've suggested, however, are good sources of metaphor, similie, and other things students are typically asked to look for. Happy hunting!

Answer 4

Nature's first green is gold,
it's hardest hue to hold.
It's early leaf's a flower
but only so an hour,
then leaf subsides to leaf
so Eden sank to grief
so dawn goes down to day
nothing gold can stay.