Plan: American Poets

American Poets
PLAN:

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   American Poets
   

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   The life of the princes
   

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   The work of poets
   

America has produced some of the most well-known and read poets in the world. These great American poets’ works have been so influential and powerful that for many, their poems define poetry for them. Many new readers of poetry have had their entrance through the poems written by these poets and no matter whether one is an expert poet or if one is just a novice reading in middle school, the poems were written by these poets are enjoyable for all. 
So we decided to make a list of some of the greatest American poets with one of their extremely moving poems as a testament to their greatness. We’ll be adding a brief description for the poet and the poem mentioned.
The poets have been placed randomly on the list with no “ranking” in any sense. The names have been placed arbitrarily.
Greatest American poets, and their works 


Robert Frost 
Robert Frost is the face of American poetry and is a name that has become synonymous with poetry itself. Diving deeply into the philosophical aspects of human lives, Frost’s works have a powerful guiding push in them, something that the poet gathered himself in his life. 
Frost was born in San Francisco, California but later had to move to England. Before making his name in the US, he started gaining popularity in England. Reading his poetry will make you believe that “poetry has the power to change the world”.
Our pick: It is very difficult to pick a favorite from the beautiful collection of Frost’s poems. But for the sake of this article, we’ll choose a poem that most people are familiar with; The Road Not Taken.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Read the analysis of The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost here.
Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson is my favorite poet and her works have been empowering, inspiring, and mesmerizing to say the least. There is an essence of originality, a feeling of raw, personal expression in the poems of Dickinson. That is because her poems were not written for publication. She just wrote to express and that is what the meaning of poetry is. 

Our pick: Again a very difficult task to choose one from hundreds of “favorite” poems. Let’s take the poem that has a powerful message about the power of truth, and how to manage it. How beautifully Dickinson conveys the power of truth in these poetic verses, condensed to just eight lines. Take a look at the poem.