English Literature – Poems

 English Literature – Poems 

English literature poems are written expressions of thoughts, feelings, and ideas using rhythm, imagery, and figurative language. Poets often write about life, love, nature, time, society, faith, and human struggles.

Poems use devices like:

• Imagery – pictures created with words

• Metaphor & simile – comparisons to explain ideas

• Rhyme & rhythm – musical quality

• Symbols – objects that mean more than their literal sense

Famous English poets include:

• William Shakespeare – love, time, human nature

• William Wordsworth – nature and emotions

• John Keats – beauty and imagination

• T. S. Eliot – modern life and confusion

• Robert Frost – choices and everyday life