Poetry Books

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Complete Works of William Shakespeare is the standard name given to any volume containing all the plays and poems of William Shakespeare...

Venus and Adonis

William Shakespeare

Venus and Adonis is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare published in 1593. It is probably Shakespeare's first publication. The poem tells the story of Venus, the goddess of Love; of her unrequited..

Shakespeare's Sonnets

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's sonnets are poems that William Shakespeare wrote on a variety of themes. When discussing or referring to Shakespeare’s sonnets, it is almost always a reference to the 154 sonnets that we..

The Rape of Lucrece

William Shakespeare

The Rape of Lucrece is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Lucretia. In his previous narrative poem, Venus and Adonis, Shakespeare had included a dedicatory letter to his patro..

Phantasmagoria and Other Poems

Lewis Carroll

Phantasmagoria is a poem written by Lewis Carroll and first published in 1869 as the opening poem of a collection of verse by Carroll entitled Phantasmagoria and Other Poems. The collection was also p..

The Hunting of the Snark

Lewis Carroll

The Hunting of the Snark is a poem written by English writer Lewis Carroll. It is typically categorised as a nonsense poem. Written from 1874 to 1876, the poem borrows the setting, some creatures, and..

Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Collection of 16 poems incuding Ave Imperatrix, Ave Maria Gratia Plena, and Roses And Rue...

Ballad of Reading Gaol

Oscar Wilde

The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile in Berneval-le-Grand, after his release from Reading Gaol on 19 May 1897. Wilde had been incarcerated in Reading after being convi..