I need a good poem

[fawhfe]

I have a 5-8 page (double spaced) english essay on explicating a poem. I dont know anything about poetry (ie ive never read any). We choose the poem. Ive been looking through the packet my teacher gave me and I didnt really see anything good. Anybody know of any really good poems? (not too simple and not too complex)

 

[oLLie]

Ollie is Golden

 

[kikokam]

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost --- one of my all-time favorite poem

 

[monto]

<< The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost --- one of my all-time favorite poem >>

but it's like a bmw 323/328, it's cool but everyone has one

 

[Wallydraigle]

But that doesn't make it any less cool.

 

[WhiteKnight]

I've always been a fan of Shakespeare's Sonnets

 

[monto]

yea shakespeare would work well...since you got 5-8 pages of BS...err, theorizin to do, i suggest something with lotsa descriptive wording and potential (read, BS-able) symbolism

 

[sweetrobin]

I've always been a fan of George Gordon .. Lord Byron ... his work can be a little more riske` though so consider your teacher before using one of his ...

 

[AreaCode707]

Mr. Flood's Party. I explicated it last week; plenty of obvious symbolism to drag on and on and on...

 

[fatalbert]

O Captain My Captain - Whitman

 

[GrumpyMan]

I'll have to second Robert Frost.

 

[linuxboy]

Buffalo Bill's
defunct
who used to
ride a watersmooth-silver
stallion
and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat
Jesus

he was a handsome man
and what i want to know is
how do you like your blueeyed boy
Mister Death


An excellent poem with many possibilities

 

[AreaCode707]

ee cummings, oh no. For some reason I can't get into that poetry. On the bright side, I can id who wrote that so maybe that's a sign I know enough to get an A in my English class.

 

[PsychoAndy]

how 'bout Jabberwocky?