History of poetry

Brief chart on Geoffrey Chaucer including Facts, prose and poetry. The Canterbury Tales poet.

Courtney Gorter has created for Spark Notes an entertaining visual that collects major movements in the history of literature and sums them up in a single sentence. See also: [ef-archive number=2 t…

Discover the 8 periods in english literature and download and print the FREE literary timeline to use in the classroom or at home.

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"If" by Rudyard Kipling is a timeless poem that imparts valuable life lessons. It consists of four stanzas, each offering a distinct piece of advice on...

These collections of poetry aren't just transformative, but informative; one reader shares history lessons learned in their pages.

Filled with Wordsworth and Shelley, the Romantics shaped our favorite literature. Let’s look at the beginning, middle, and end of the Romantic period.

"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, by William Wordsworth William Wordsworth was an early leader of romanticism (a literary movement that celebrated nature and concentrated on human emotions) in English poetry and ranks as one of the greatest lyric poets in the history of English literature. His words are soft, lyrical and beautiful. Modern style vintage poetry art with the background as a golden, textured paper look and a classic vintage font, printed on high quality, photographic paper with…