December 12, 2010

My Top 5 Influential Poets...In Terms Of How I Write...

edgar allan poe (1809-1849)...was an american writer and poet.



lord byron (1788-1824)...was the most widely read english language poet of his day.



john keats (1795–1821)...was one of the principal poets of the english romantic movement.



william blake (1757–1827)...was an english poet, painter and printmaker, or "author & printer," as he signed many of his books.



william shakespeare (1564-1616)...was an english poet and playwright.



honorable mentions to...william wordsworth, percy bysshe shelley and samuel taylor coleridge and robert frost.

i'm pretty big on the english romantic period.

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