Most Famous Top 10 Poets of English Literature

Most Famous Top 10 Poets of English Literature

It is backbreaking to list out the top ten poets of literature in English, literature is an enormous ocean here you can find various rare gems like Chaucer and Shakespeare. After many researches and discussions here we stated the list of most famous poets and their works, along with this we explained the reason why they are so famous among the tons of marvelous poets.

Geoffrey Chaucer (1343 – 1400)

The man, who throw down the seed for modern English, was born in London and was buried in Westminster Abbey, later it is called as Poet’s corner since from his burial. He is popularly called as the Father of English poetry; he lived in the major era of England history. Chaucer worked under three major kings of that contemporary period; his works reflects the social background of the society and people. He is well known for his popular work ‘The Canterbury Tales’.

His works:    

             

·         The Book of Duchess
·         Anelida and Arcite
·         The Parliament of Fouis
·         Troilus and Criseyde
·         The House of Fame
·         The Legend of Good Women
·         The Canterbury Tales

William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)

‘The Bard of Avon’, was born in London, he is the most famous and well known poet and great dramatist of all time in English Literature, also called as national poet of England. His works has its own craze even after 4 centuries. He wrote 154 sonnets and 37 plays, which are still flourishing in England theatres. These promising plays are a combination of comedies, tragedies and historical.

Here we pointed the few important works of Shakespeare in chronological order.

·         Henry IV

·         Richard III

·         Edward III

·         Romeo and Juliet

·         Julius Caesar

·         As You Like It

·         Twelfth Night

·         Othello

·         King Lear

·         Macbeth

·         The Tempest

John Milton (1608 – 1674)

The man who rewrites the crucial part of bible as Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. He is a man of letters, Milton's poetry and prose replicate the deep personal opinions, a passion for freedom and the urgent issues and political commotion of his day.

Well-known works:

·         L’Allegro

·         ll Penseroso

·         Comus

·         Lycidas

·         Paradise Lost

·         Paradise Regained

William Wordsworth (1770 -1850)

A major romantic poet in English, the friend of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In the beginning of the romantic age Wordsworth’s poems are most enjoyable and pioneer to the poets of 18^th century.

His works:

·         The Prelude

·         The Rainbow

·         The Daffodils

·         To the Coockoo

·         Ode on Intimation of Immorality

·         An Evening Walk

·         Descriptive Sketches

Jane Austen (1775 – 1817)

A very celebrated woman writer of 18^th century, she loves to write out of her own experience and feeling. The humor and less passionate works are very unique in her days. She won’t take any hard subject however none can equalize her style of writing.  

Works:
·         Pride and Prejudice
·         Sense and Sensibility
·         Mansfield Park
·         Emma
·         Persuasion
·         Sadition (unfinished)

Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870)

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” this is one of the most famous lines in the history of literature. Dickens own this line, he is popular for his classic writing, and he is a great supporter of opposition of slavery. His novel “The Tale of Two Cities” has mostly covered with the theme of French revolution, which helps us today to know and learn from histories.

His major works:
                                                                                                 
·         David Copperfield
·         Great Expectations
·         Oliver Twist
·         The Tale of Two Cities
·         A Christmas Carol
·         Hard Times
 

Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809 – 1896)

Not only to the people of romantic age but his works are popular in the modern age too. Victorian age was his time. He is famous for his melodious perfect writing. The works of Tennyson is very identical, the poet who can spread the views in all direction of life.

His works:
·         Poems of Two Brothers
·         Ulysses
·         In Memoriam
·         Idylls of the King
·         Harold
·         Palace of Art
 

W.B. Yeats (1865- 1939)

First Irish man to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Yeats is one of the popular poet in 20^th century, his writings are very matured and intelligent even before getting the Nobel Prize. He mainly refused the transcendental theories of his childhood, though he remained thoughtful with physical and spiritual masks, with cyclical theories of life. Few works by this great poet:

 

·         The Wind Among the Reeds
·         The Shadowy Waters
·         The Tower
·         The King’s Threshold
·         Ideas of Good and Evil
·         Discoveries 

Robert Frost (1874 – 1963)

An eminent American poet who was skilled to write about the rural life of people in a realistic form. He is efficient in analyzing and stating the originality of social and philosophical culture of England. He was a most popular figure during the early times of 20^th century.

Famous Works:
·         New Hampshire
·         West-running Brook
·         The Lovely Shall Be Choosers
·         Collected Poems
·         The Lone Striker
·         From Snow to Snow
·         A Further Range 

  

Virginia Woolf (1882 – 1941)

Modern woman writer of 20^th century. Who suffered a mental illness throughout of her life and ended it by committing suicide. Regardless of her illness she contributed lot to the English novels. She was a remarkable figure of Bloomsbury group of intellectuals.  

Her notable works:

·         The Voyage Out
·         Mrs. Dalloway
·         To The Light House
·         The Waves
·         The Death of the Moth
·         A Room of One’s Own