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45 Motivational Poets

Many famous poets had the keen ability to use the written word to reach hearts and
souls, motivating people to action. They used their gift in the most noble of ways by
creating inspirational poems that touched, and continue to touch, people with a

positive message even today.
Pictures and names of some great poets are given below. Match them with their works.

1 2 3

Emily Dickinson William Shakespeare William Wordsworth

4 5
a. Paradise Lost

b. The Broken Wing

c. Don Juan

d. Daffodils
Lord Byron Ogden Nash

6 e. The Waste Land 7

f. Sonnet 18

g. Adventures of Isabel

h. Hope is the Thing with Feather

P B Shelley Sarojini Naidu
i. Ode to a Skylark
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This Corner

German poet Gottlob Burmann so
despised the letter R that he avoid
using it in his poetry and in everyday
conversation.
John Milton T S Eliot

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