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24 Prominent Poets

Poets have often been described as people who step outside the bounds of the obvious
and produce aesthetic and in some cases, even rhythmic works that the meant to take
the reader on a fanciful journey through the poet’s words.

Name these famous poets.

1
He is best known, as his anglicised name Homer, is the author of the Iliad
and the Odyssey. He was believed by the ancient Greeks to have been the
first and greatest of the epic poets. Author of the first known literature of
Europe, he had a lasting effect on the Western canon. Whether and when
he lived is unknown. Herodotus estimates that Homer lived 400 years
before his own time, which would place him at around 850 BCE.

2

Half Welsh, Half Gujarati, she is an Indian poet, journalist and talented
performer. Her poetry is best experienced live as she performs it through
movement and dance. Her first set of poems, ‘Countries of the Body’ won
the forward poetry prize for best first collection.

3

She was an American poet well known for her unique style of writing that
contains short lines, typical lack titles, slant rhymes and unconventional
capitalization and punctuations. She wrote over eighteen hundred poems
during her lifetime.

4
He was born on 26 April, 1564. He is regarded as the greatest poet and
playwright of all times. For his achievements, he was given the name of
“Bard of Avon”. He was called as the England’s National Poet. He has
written 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems and many other
poems as well.

Clue Corner

a) Emily Dickinson b) William Shakespeare c) Homer d) Tishani Doshi

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