The 50 Greatest Poems

In all literature, it is often Poetry that has greatest effect, there is often something magical about how a few lines can illustrate the high and lows of human existence.

The poems in this collection chart these highs and lows from the most romantic love poetry of Shakespeare to the despairing war poetry of Wilfred Owen.

Most of the poems in this collection have remained popular over decades if not centuries and deserve there place in the Greatest Poems collection.

So if you are rediscovering old favourites or discovering new poets , please enjoy this collection.