Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me. This sonnet from English poet John Donne (1571–1631) isn’t a conventional love poem ...

Share your love and pride with your daughter by expressing your heartfelt emotions through poetry. Here are a few poems to ...

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Choosing the right love poem for your boyfriend can be incredibly nerve-wracking, whether you're in a new relationship or have been together for ages. From sweet, short love poems for him to read ...

English Literature. The book is estimated to ... almost cheeky 16th-century subversion of the typical love poem. Instead of placing his mistress on a pedestal with over-the-top comparisons ...

Educators are conscious of the value of exposing students to great works of poetry, but the teaching of poetry often lacks a ...

How did Latin erotic elegy influence and shape sixteenth-century English love poetry? Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book offers detailed readings of poetry with close attention to the ...

I Hate Parties is a collection of 50 poems on Jes Battis' experiences of being queer, autistic and nonbinary. Focusing on the ...

Revise for your GCSE English literature exam by listening ... now because it's a country in the grip of war. IMTIAZ: I love this poem. Carol Rumens is talking about the country that's been left ...

A University of Manchester lecturer has discovered that the famous first line of English language’s oldest epic poem has been misinterpreted, ever since it was popularised almost 200 years ago. Dr ...

A rake of pints. Sure look, you know yourself. Yer man. The unique joy of Hiberno-English should be celebrated, never taken ...

Walt Hunter is a professor and the chair of English at Case Western Reserve University. He is a contributing editor at The Atlantic, focusing on poetry.