What are some poems that has the theme on leadership/leaders or heroes. (or related>> eg. heroism.)?

Answer 1

The Odyessy and The Illiad are both epic poems about the Trojan War and the Greek heroes.

Answer 2

One of my favorites is "Barbara Frietchie" which is about an old lady standing up to Stonewall Jackson during the Civil War. When I read it I can just see her shaking her fist.

"Oh Captain, My Captain" is about Lincoln's death and how he led the nation to victory.

"The Charge of the Light Brigade" is heroic, even though it was an unwise move.

"Gunga Din" is also a good one and is great to read aloud.

Those are old poems, but should fit the bill especially the first.

Answer 3

"If" by Rudyard Kipling outlines some leadership qualities.

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

Answer 4

I have a dream speech by Dr. Martin Luther King,
Look up also President Roosevelt about the Fear not speech.

Answer 5

How they Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix.- the story of a heroic ride. Hiawatha.the story of a Native American chief's life.Hope these help

Answer 6

There was a young man from Nantucket.