meaningful poems prior to 1960?

Question

i need to find a good, meaningful poem written prior to 1960. any suggestions?

Answer 1

robert frost
The Road Least Taken

e.e.cummings
anyone lived in a pretty how town

Answer 2

Yes - The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
or
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by William Wordsworth

two of my all time favourites.

Answer 3

To My Valentine

More than a catbird hates a cat,
Or a criminal hates a clue,
Or the Axis hates the United States,
That's how much I love you.

I love you more than a duck can swim,
And more than a grapefruit squirts,
I love you more than a gin rummy is a bore,
And more than a toothache hurts.

As a shipwrecked sailor hates the sea,
Or a juggler hates a shove,
As a hostess detests unexpected guests,
That's how much you I love.

I love you more than a wasp can sting,
And more than the subway jerks,
I love you as much as a beggar needs a crutch,
And more than a hangnail irks.

I swear to you by the stars above,
And below, if such there be,
As the High Court loathes perjurious oathes,
That's how you're love by me.

Ogden Nash
(it was in his book "Good Intentions" from 1942)

Answer 4

There are a lot of really good Harlem Renaissance poets who wrote some outstanding poetry :Claude McKay --If We Must Die, Langston Hughes -- The Weary Blues, Helene Johnson -- Invocation to name a few. Those poems all were fairly important politically.

Answer 5

There is a book....Best Loved Poems of the American People. It is a classic book, originally compiled in 1936. It's full of so many wonderful poems, and the book is put together so that it's easy to find what you're looking for! Good luck!


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Answer 6

Try Slivia Plath a bit deperssing but they can be meaningful.

Answer 7

If English or American isn't a requirement, Catullus, Shakespeare, da Ponte are all good.

Answer 8

there's a hero in case you look interior your coronary heart you do no longer would desire to be petrified of what you're there is an answer in case you attain into your soul And the sorrow which you recognize Will soften away and then a hero comes alongside with the flexibility to maintain on and you solid your fears aside and you recognize you may stay to tell the story So once you sense like wish is long gone look interior you and be good and you will finally see the undeniable fact that a hero lies in you it incredibly is an prolonged highway once you face the international on my own no one reaches out a hand for you to hold you will discover love in case you seek interior of your self And the vacancy you felt Will disappear and then a hero comes alongside with the flexibility to maintain on and you solid your fears aside and you recognize you may stay to tell the story So once you sense like wish is long gone look interior you and be good and you will finally see the undeniable fact that a hero lies in you Lord knows desires are annoying to maintain on with yet do no longer enable everyone Tear them away carry on there will be day after today In time you will discover the way and then a hero comes alongside with the flexibility to maintain on and you solid your fears aside and you recognize you may stay to tell the story So once you sense like wish is long gone look interior you and be good and you will finally see the undeniable fact that a hero lies in you

Answer 9

How far back are you looking to go? Shakespeare's sonnets are always an excellent choice.

Answer 10

e.e cummings- maggie, milly, molly, & mae
edgar allen poe- The Raven
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