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Phantasm
06-05-2005, 10:31 PM
I need a good website where I can browse through the poems listed by their themes. I've tried www.Poets.org (http://www.Poets.org) but the search was futile.
I need a poem dealing with themes such as Revenge,loneliness,regret,remembrance...any or all of the four and I'm having a hard time finding a poem online.So if you guys know of a good website or poem, do tell me.
Any info would be tremendously appreciated of course.:)
Kury Wagner
06-05-2005, 10:47 PM
Are you looking for famous poems, or simply something to read? For non-famous poems, Postpoems (http://www.postpoems.com) is very good. Under advanced search you can look at the pull-down menu for categories... there are tons. That's the site I use to put up my own poems, actually. =)
Phantasm
06-05-2005, 11:02 PM
Reknown American poets. No poems by self or friends and such...
sKorpia
06-06-2005, 12:04 AM
"Rime of the Ancient Mariner" has all four themes, but it's Coleridge and therefore not American.
Poe is an option and I'd argue for Frost's "The Road Not Taken" though I have a feeling most lay-people (haven't read what the academics feel about it) wouldn't agree. I personally like going back to my copy of "Major American Poets", editted by Oscar Williams, to find stuff. Be forewarned though that the anthology stops at about 1960 so if you like any of the younger, more contemporary poets, you won't find them in there.
Honestly, you should pick an American poet whose style you enjoy, then skim through their works to find a couple poems that would be good candidates for what you need. I've always found that, unless the work moves me in some way, it's very difficult to write about in depth.
Phantasm
06-06-2005, 10:49 AM
Yeah...I'll head to the Library today and see what I find...
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