Top Ten Greatest Poems

The Top Ten

1 The Raven

Today, Poe's masterpiece, The Raven, is surely among the most well known and celebrated poems worldwide, yet Poe received but nine dollars in total payment for it, and died in poverty. Quite unjust.

In my opinion, Edgar Allan Poe was the best poet ever and The Raven is one of his best works. I also really love his poem Annabelle Lee. That one is beautiful.

I wish that a form of audio recording was available in Poe's time. His recital of The Raven was claimed to have been brilliant.

This is a masterpiece. Simply the internal rhymes are enough to make it #1.

2 The Charge of the Light Brigade

3 O Captain, My Captain

4 Paul Revere's Ride

5 The Road Not Taken

My second choice today: hard to resist. Good list.

6 The Song of Hiawatha

7 I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud

8 Annabel Lee

9 Ozymandias

10 There Will Come Soft Rains

The Contenders

11 Nothing Gold Can Stay

12 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Great poem! I also enjoy the song based on this poem, by Iron Maiden.

13 If (Rudyard Kipling)

14 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Most beautiful poem I've ever read.

15 I Carry Your Heart With Me

16 The Waste Land - T. S. Eliot

17 Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)

18 Jabberwocky

19 The Tyger

20 Dulce Et Decorum Est

21 Mariana

22 The Wreck of the Hesperus

23 The Eve of St. Agnes

24 Song Of The Moon (Cave Story: Moonsong)

"You are not alone! We are here for you! We're the spirits of the children killed by robotic men like you! Show us all your strength, and your bravery, and save our people from living life in slavery! "

25 Funeral Blues

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