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45. What English poets do you know?
Famous English Poets
William Shakespeare: was born in 1564. He was The Bard of Avon and at the same time a highly revered poet and playwright. In fact, he is considered to be the greatest English writer in the field of drama and literature. England hails him as its national poet, and the world is grateful for his literary contributions.


William Blake: More than just a poet, William Blake was also recognized as a painter as well as a mystic. He claimed that he was influenced by divine forces. Such radical views caused damage to his reputation at the time but after his death his talent become known far and wide. Perhaps his most famous prose was The Tiger.


Rudyard Kipling: born in 1865 and died in 1936. His father taught arts and crafts at a school of art in Bombay, India. At the time India was of course ruled by the British. “Ruddy” as he was often affectionately referred to, was actually brought up by a local woman in the service of his parents (called an ayah) and his first language was therefore Hindustani. Kipling received the Nobel Prize in 1907.


William Wordsworth: Known for immortal works such as “Lucy Gray”, “Lyrical Ballads” and “Yarrow River”. He is one of the most noted poet during the Romantic Age. And most known for breathing life into fictitious character such as “Lucy Gray” to aid him in his loneliness. The Bronte Sisters: the three Bronte sisters (Anne, Charlotte and Emily) from Haworth in Yorkshire are well known Victorian poets and novelists, like many contemporary female writers, they originally published their poems and novels under male pseudonyms. In recent years their works have been adapted into famous movies and television shows and they are considered some of the greatest writers of all time.