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10 of the Best Poems by English Romantic Poets

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)

English Romanticism tends to be dominated by a few names: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats. Here, we’ve tried to strike a balance and offer ten of the very best Romantic poems from English literature, which ensures that these canonical figures are well-represented, while also broadening that canon to include some important but slightly less famous voices.

We hope you like this short introduction to Romanticism told through ten classic Romantic poems…

1. William Wordsworth, ‘ My heart leaps up ’.

My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die …

This simple nine-line poem describes how the poet is filled with joy when he sees a rainbow, and how he hopes he will always keep that sense of enchantment with the natural world. Wordsworth observes a rainbow in the sky and is filled with joy at the sight of a rainbow: a joy that was there when the poet was very young, is still there now he has attained adulthood, and – he trusts – will be with him until the end of his days.

If he loses this thrilling sense of wonder, what would be the point of living? In summary, this is the essence of ‘My heart leaps up’.

The poem contains Wordsworth’s famous declaration, ‘The Child is father of the Man’, highlighting how important childhood experience was to the Romantics in helping to shape the human beings they became in adult life. ‘My heart leaps up’ is a small slice of Romanticism which says more about that movement than many longer poems do.

2. William Wordsworth, ‘ I wandered lonely as a cloud ’.

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze …

Often known simply as ‘The Daffodils’ or ‘Wordsworth’s daffodils poem’, this is also one of the most famous poems of English Romanticism, and sees Wordsworth (1770-1850) celebrating the ‘host of golden daffodils’ he saw while out walking. The poem was actually a collaboration between Wordsworth, his sister Dorothy (whose notes helped to inspire it), and Wordsworth’s wife, Mary.

On 15 April 1802, Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy were walking around Glencoyne Bay in Ullswater when they came upon a ‘long belt’ of daffodils, as Dorothy put it memorably in her journal.

Dorothy  Wordsworth wrote of the encounter with the daffodils , ‘I never saw daffodils so beautiful they grew among the mossy stones about & about them, some rested their heads upon these stones as on a pillow for weariness & the rest tossed and reeled and danced & seemed as if they verily laughed with the wind that blew upon them over the Lake, they looked so gay ever dancing ever changing.’

The influence of this passage from Dorothy’s journal can be seen in Wordsworth’s poem, which he did not write until at least two years after this, in 1804

3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ‘ Frost at Midnight ’.

The Frost performs its secret ministry, Unhelped by any wind. The owlet’s cry Came loud—and hark, again! loud as before. The inmates of my cottage, all at rest, Have left me to that solitude, which suits Abstruser musings: save that at my side My cradled infant slumbers peacefully …

So begins this great meditative poem. Wordsworth’s great collaborator on the 1798 collection Lyrical Ballads was Coleridge.

Written in 1798, the same year that Coleridge’s landmark volume of poems, Lyrical Ballads (co-authored with Wordsworth), appeared, ‘Frost at Midnight’ is a night-time meditation on childhood and raising children, offered in a conversational manner and focusing on several key themes of Romantic poetry: the formative importance of childhood and the way it shapes who we become, and the role nature can play in our lives.

4. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner .

‘God save thee, ancient Mariner! From the fiends, that plague thee thus!— Why look’st thou so?’—With my cross-bow I shot the ALBATROSS …

Written in 1797-8, this is Coleridge’s most famous poem – it first appeared in Lyrical Ballads . The idea of killing an albatross bringing bad luck upon the crew of a ship appears to have been invented in this poem, as there is no precedent for it – and the albatross idea was probably William Wordsworth’s, not Coleridge’s (Wordsworth got the idea of the albatross-killing from a 1726 book, A Voyage Round The World by Way of the Great South Sea , by Captain George Shelvocke).

The poem is one of the great narrative poems in English, with the old mariner recounting his story, with its hardships and tragedy, to a wedding guest.

Variously interpreted as being about guilt over the Transatlantic slave trade, about Coleridge’s own loneliness, and about spiritual salvation, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner remains a challenging poem whose ultimate meaning is elusive.

5. Charlotte Smith, ‘ Sonnet on being Cautioned against Walking on a Headland ’.

Is there a solitary wretch who hies To the tall cliff, with starting pace or slow, And, measuring, views with wild and hollow eyes Its distance from the waves that chide below …

English Romanticism wasn’t entirely dominated by men, although it’s true that names like Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, and so on tend to dominate the lists. But as Dorothy Wordsworth’s role in inspiring ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ demonstrates, Romanticism wasn’t quite an all-male affair.

This poem by Charlotte Turner Smith, a pioneer of Romanticism in England who was born before Wordsworth or Coleridge, is that rarest of things: a Gothic sonnet. This needn’t surprise when we bear in mind that the sonnet’s author, Charlotte Turner Smith (1749-1806) was associated with English Romanticism and was also a key figure in the revival of the English sonnet.

6. John Clare, ‘ The Yellowhammer’s Nest ’.

Just by the wooden brig a bird flew up, Frit by the cowboy as he scrambled down To reach the misty dewberry—let us stoop And seek its nest—the brook we need not dread, ’Tis scarcely deep enough a bee to drown, So it sings harmless o’er its pebbly bed …

John Clare (1793-1864) has been called the greatest nature poet in the English language (by, for instance, his biographer Jonathan Bate), and yet his life – particularly his madness and time inside an asylum later in his life – tends to overshadow his poetry.

Like Charlotte Turner Smith, Clare is still a rather overlooked figure in English Romanticism and nature poetry, but he’s been called England’s greatest nature poet and the best poet to have written about birds.

‘The Yellowhammer’s Nest’, although not Clare’s best-known poem, shows his wonderful sensitivity to vowel sounds, as he explores the patterns found within nature by focusing on the nest of the bird, which is described as ‘poet-like’.

7. Percy Shelley, ‘ Mont Blanc ’.

The everlasting universe of things Flows through the mind, and rolls its rapid waves, Now dark—now glittering—now reflecting gloom— Now lending splendour, where from secret springs The source of human thought its tribute brings Of waters …

The Romantics were greatly interested in a quality that Edmund Burke called ‘the Sublime’: that peculiar mixture of awe and terror we feel when confronted with great forces of nature. Percy Shelley’s poem about Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps, is a classic example of Romantic poetry about the Sublime – an ode to nature as a powerful and beautiful force.

Shelley composed ‘Mont Blanc’ during the summer of 1816, and it was first published in Mary Shelley’s History of a Six Weeks’ Tour through a Part of France, Switzerland, Germany and Holland (1817), which – beating Frankenstein by a year – was actually Mary’s first book .

Immediately in the first two lines of ‘Mont Blanc’, Shelley foregrounds the key thrust of the poem: the relationship between the natural world and the human imagination. The ‘everlasting universe of things’, which recalls Wordsworth’s talk of the ‘immortality’ of the earth in his ‘Ode: Intimations of Immortality’ (which we’ve analysed here ); Shelley notes that this ‘universe of things’ flows through the (mortal) mind. These external influences are variously light and dark, vivid and obscure.

8. Percy Shelley, ‘ To a Skylark ’.

Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art …

Shelley completed this, one of his most famous poems, in June 1820. The inspiration for the poem was an evening walk Shelley took with his wife, Mary, in Livorno, in north-west Italy.

Mary later described the circumstances that gave rise to the poem: ‘It was on a beautiful summer evening while wandering among the lanes whose myrtle hedges were the bowers of the fire-flies, that we heard the carolling of the skylark.’ The opening line of the poem gave Noel Coward the title for his play Blithe Spirit .

Shelley asks the bird to teach him just half the happiness the bird must know, in order to produce such beautiful music. If the skylark granted the poet his wish, he – Shelley – would start singing such delirious, harmonious music that the world would listen to him, much as he is listening, enraptured, to the skylark right now. We have analysed this poem here .

9. John Keats, ‘ Ode to a Nightingale ’.

My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk …

From its opening simile likening the poet’s mental state to the effects of drinking hemlock, to the poem’s later references to ‘a draught of vintage’ and ‘a beaker full of the warm South’, Keats’s ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ is one of the most drink-sodden poems produced by the entire Romantic period.

‘Ode to a Nightingale’ is about the poet’s experience of listening to the beautiful song of the nightingale. Keats has become intoxicated by the nightingale’s heartbreakingly beautiful song, and he feels as though he’d drunk the numbing poison hemlock or the similarly numbing (though less deadly) drug, opium. He is forgetting everything: it’s as though he’s heading to Lethe (‘Lethe-wards’, as in ‘towards Lethe’), the river of forgetfulness in Greek mythology.

The contrast between mortality and immortality, between the real world and the enchanted world the nightingale’s song seems to open a window onto (like one of those magic casements Keats refers to), is a key one for the poem. We have analysed this poem here .

10. Lord Byron, ‘ Darkness ’.

This poem was inspired by a curious incident: the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, which drastically altered the weather conditions across the world and led to 1816 being branded ‘the Year without a Summer’. The same event also led to Byron’s trip to Lake Geneva and his ghost-story writing competition, which produced Mary Shelley’s masterpiece Frankenstein .

For Byron, the extermination of the sun seemed like a dream, yet it was ‘no dream’ but a strange and almost sublimely terrifying reality. Another example of the Romantic concept of the Sublime, brought to us by one of English Romanticism’s best-known figures. It begins:

I had a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguish’d, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air; Morn came and went—and came, and brought no day …

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There are several I need to read among these. I would add the Solitary reaper, by Wordsworth, and his sonnet Calm is all nature… (but really, selecting just a few of his is difficult – same as for Keats), Coleridge’s Dejection and some of keats’s sonnets, maybe What the lark said.

All excellent suggestions – this needs to be a top 20 list rather than top 10! I must blog about ‘The Solitary Reaper’ soon.

Byron’s ghost story competition produced not only ‘Frankenstein’ but ‘The Vampyre’ a novella by Dr John William Polidori (Byron’s personal physician) which if it did not invent,certainly introduced the Romantic Vampire (based on Lord Byron) to English literature, and was the origin of ‘Carmilla’, ‘Dracula’ and even possibly, sadly, Edward. I mention it because I feel poor Polidori never get the credit that was his due.

Indeed. I talk about Polidori’s short novel in my book, The Secret Library. One of a number of Gothic horror classics that have been somewhat written out of the history of the genre.

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I do so love “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”! My fav Keats poem is “Ode on a Grecian Urn”. It’s a fun one to teach.

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The selection is an interesting one but Keats Ode on a Grecian Urn would have been more representative entry of him. I like this blog for a fair and easy touch with literature.

Just want to tell everyone the rainbow is what God made for Noah as a token that he promised noah that he would never destroy the world by flood ever again

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65 beautiful love poems everyone should know.

There’s nothing quite so moving as beautiful love poems. Luckily for us romantics, they’ve been in abundant supply throughout history! From Rumi in the Islamic Golden Age, to iconic playwright William Shakespeare, to modern-day “Instapoets” like Rupi Kaur, love has been one of the most-explored themes among writers and poets for centuries. 

In this post, we’ve put together the 65 most beautiful love poems ever written. Whether you’re looking for something to share with your partner, seeking solace after a breakup, or craving inspiration for how to write your own passionate prose , there’s bound to be a poem on this list which speaks to your heart. 

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1. “Come, And Be My Baby” by Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was one of America’s most acclaimed poets and storytellers, as well as a celebrated educator and civil rights activist. In ‘Come, And Be My Baby’, Angelou beautifully captures how overwhelming modern life can be and the comfort that love can provide during times of hardship — even if only for a moment.

2. "Bird-Understander" by Craig Arnold

These are your own words

your way of noticing

and saying plainly

of not turning away

you have offered them 

to me    I am only 

giving them back 

if only I could show you

how very useless 

they are not

The raw honesty of Craig Arnold’s poetry makes ‘Bird-Understander’ an easy pick for our list of the most beautiful love poems. In this piece, Arnold recounts a moment with his partner that makes his love grow even stronger. The language is simple yet evocative, putting a strong metaphor in the reader’s mind and facilitating a deeper understanding of Arnold’s feelings.

3. "Habitation" by Margaret Atwood

at the back where we squat 

outside, eating popcorn

the edge of the receding glacier

where painfully and with wonder

at having survived even

we are learning to make fire

Best known for her alarmingly realistic dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale , Margaret Atwood demonstrates similar strengths in this poem: ‘Habitation’ is strikingly real. For context, Atwood here admits to the challenges of marriage and acknowledges the work needed to overcome them. It is this candor which makes the poem so beautiful.

4. "Variations on the Word Love" by Margaret Atwood

One of the most fascinating things about love is that it can come in so many different forms — platonic, passionate, or even patronizing. Margaret Atwood unflinchingly lays out some of these in her poem ‘Variations on the Word Love’.

5. "The More Loving One" by W.H. Auden 

Were all stars to disappear or die, 

I should learn to look at an empty sky

And feel its total dark sublime, 

Though this might take me a little time.

Whilst poems about heartbreak might not be as uplifting as those about the joys of love, they can be equally as beautiful and meaningful. The celestial extended metaphor of W.H. Auden’s ‘The More Loving One’ demonstrates this — though ultimately he would rather be ‘the more loving one’ himself, Auden perfectly encapsulates the pain of loss when love ends.

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6. "To My Dear and Loving Husband" by Anne Bradstreet 

Thy love is such I can no way repay;

The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.

Then while we live, in love let’s so persever, 

That when we live no more, we may live ever.

Anne Bradstreet’s Puritan belief that marriage is a gift from God comes across strongly in ‘To My Dear and Loving Husband.’ Reading it through a modern lens, it’s easy to start the poem feeling a little skeptical; however, Bradstreet’s genuine gratitude and dedication to her husband soon manifests to make it a deeply moving assertion of true love.

7. "Always For The First Time" by André Breton

There is a silk ladder unrolled across the ivy

That leaning over the precipice 

Of the hopeless fusion of your presence and absence 

I have found the secret 

Of loving you

Always for the first time

‘Always For The First Time’ is André Breton’s ode to a woman he has not met, but is willing to wait every day for. Breton was the French founder of the surrealist movement, which aimed to blur the lines between dreams and reality in art — explaining the rather whimsical nature of this beautiful love poem. 

8. "Love and Friendship" by Emily Brontë

Love doesn’t have to be confined to romance — love between friends can be just as strong and beautiful. In ‘Love and Friendship’, Emily Brontë compares romantic love to a rose — stunning but short-lived — and friendship to a holly tree which can endure all seasons.

9. "To Be In Love" by Gwendolyn Brooks

Next on our list of the most beautiful poems about love is ‘To Be in Love’ by Gwendolyn Brooks. Brooks was a poet, author, and teacher — and perhaps most notably, in 1950, was also the first African-American writer to receive a Pulitzer Prize. In this powerful poem, Brooks conveys the intense emotions which come with falling in love and how it can change your entire outlook on life.

To be in love

Is to touch with a lighter hand.

In yourself you stretch, you are well.

10. "How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. 

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of being and ideal grace.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a renowned Victorian poet who influenced the work of many later English-language poets, including Emily Dickinson. ‘How Do I Love Thee?’ is one of Browning’s most recognizable poems, and indeed one of the most famous love poems ever written — its ardent yet clear declaration of love has resonated with readers for over 150 years. 

11. "A Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns 

Similar to Browning, Robert Burns’ profound love is evident in his poem ‘A Red, Red Rose’. Burns declares this love to be both passionate and refreshing — with each comparison, we see that even the loveliest language pales next to the depth of Burns’ ‘Luve’. 

12. "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron 

She walks in beauty, like the night 

Of cloudless climes and starry skies; 

And all that’s best of dark and bright

Meet in her aspect and her eyes; 

Thus mellowed to that tender light

Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

Though its author was known for a life of adventure and scandal, Lord Byron’s poem ‘She Walks in Beauty’ refers notably less to passionate or sexual love compared to his other works. That said, his astonishment at this woman’s beauty comes across instantly, making this a beautifully romantic poem.

13. "Love is a fire that burns unseen" by Luís Vaz de Camões

Love is a fire that burns unseen, 

a wound that aches yet isn’t felt, 

an always discontent contentment, 

a pain that rages without hurting,

One of Portugal’s greatest poets, Luís Vaz de Camões is known for his lyrical poetry and dramatic epics. ‘Love is a fire that burns unseen’ is an example of the former, reflecting his numerous turbulent love affairs and how each brought a complex fusion of pleasure and pain.

14. "Beautiful Signor" by Cyrus Cassells

This is the endless wanderlust:

yours is the April-upon-April love

that kept me spinning even beyond your eventful arms 

toward the unsurpassed:

the one vast claiming heart, 

the glimmering, 

the beautiful and revealed Signor.

‘Beautiful Signor’ is an entry from Cyrus Cassells’ poetry collection of the same name, which he dedicated to ‘Lovers everywhere’. Culturally set against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic, the collection aims to remind people of the potent beauty of romantic love.

15. "Rondel of Merciless Beauty" by Geoffrey Chaucer 

Upon my word, I tell you faithfully

Through life and after death you are my queen;

For with my death the whole truth shall be seen.

Your two great eyes will slay me suddenly;

Their beauty shakes me who was once serene;

Straight through my heart the wound is quick and keen.

Widely regarded as the ‘Father of English poetry’, Geoffrey Chaucer wrote some of the most renowned works of the English language, including ‘The Canterbury Tales’ and ‘The Book of the Duchess’. The standalone poem ‘Rondel of Merciless Beauty’ (here translated from Middle English) recounts Chaucer’s heartbreak after being left by the love of his life, pledging his everlasting devotion to her even though it pains him.

16. "Love Comes Quietly" by Robert Creeley 

Robert Creeley’s short but striking love poem aptly summarizes the feeling of never wanting to be apart from the person you love, almost making you forget what life was like before you met them.

17. "[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]" by E. E. Cummings 

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in

my heart)i am never without it(anywhere

i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done 

by only me is your doing,my darling)

As one of America’s most prolific twentieth century poets, E.E. Cummings needs no introduction. Many of his poems centered around love and ‘[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]’ is perhaps the best-known of them all. The rich imagery and intimate infatuation earns it a prominent spot on our list of the most beautiful love poems ever written.

18. "[love is more thicker than forget]" by E.E. Cummings

love is more thicker than forget 

more thinner than recall

more seldom than a wave is wet 

more frequent than to fail

Another brilliant example of Cummings’ love poetry is [love is more thicker than forget]. This poem explores the complexity of love, expressing that it cannot simply be defined as one thing or another — and indeed, painting love as a paradox of rarity and frequency, modesty and profundity, sanity and madness, and much more.

19. "Sthandwa sami (my beloved, isiZulu)" by Yrsa Daley-Ward

my thoughts about you are frightening but precise

I can see the house on the hill where we make our own vegetables out back

and drink warm wine out of jam jars

and sing songs in the kitchen until the sun comes up

wena you make me feel like myself again.

Yrsa Daley-Ward’s ‘Sthandwa sami (my beloved, isiZulu)’ is one of the most personal and revealing accounts of love on this list. The poem comes from her collection bone, which tackles some of the deepest aspects of humanity, including religion, desire, womanhood, race, and vulnerability.

20. "Married Love" by Guan Daosheng

Have so much love, 

Burns like a fire, 

In which we bake a lump of clay

Molded into a figure of you

And a figure of me.

Guan Daosheng was a Chinese painter and poet of the early Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). ‘Married Love’ uses the image of clay figurines to represent two lovers being united as one through the sacred act of marriage, just as clay solidifies in a kiln.

21. "Heart, we will forget him!" by Emily Dickinson 

Heart, we will forget him!

You and I, to-night!

You may forget the warmth he gave, 

I will forget the light.

‘Heart, we will forget him!’ aligns with the forceful nature of so many Emily Dickinson poems . It is a powerful reflection of the fallout after a passionate love affair and how she tried to move on, going so far as to command her heart to do so, even knowing it’s futile.

22. "Air and Angels" by John Donne 

John Donne’s work is known for tackling faith and salvation, as well as both human and divine love. In ‘Angels and Air’, Donne compares his love to the movement of angels — pure and elegant. His conclusion that two lovers can come together and grow stronger adds another layer to this already quite romantic poem.

23. "Flirtation" by Rita Dove 

Outside the sun 

has rolled up her rugs

and night strewn salt 

across the sky. My heart 

is humming a tune

I haven’t heard in years!

The sparkling flirtation at the start of a new relationship is surely one of the most exciting parts of love. ‘Flirtation’ by Rita Dove eloquently captures this joy and anticipation, and is one of the most relatable poems about this aspect of love. 

24. "Heart to Heart" by Rita Dove 

It’s neither red

It doesn’t melt

or turn over,

break or harden,

so it can’t feel

In ‘Heart to Heart’, Rita Dove rejects the typical clichés that come with falling in love. With her down-to-earth approach to the topic, she assures the intended reader that although she may struggle to show her love, that doesn’t mean it’s not there. 

25. "Love" by Carol Ann Duffy 

you’re where I stand, hearing the sea, crazy 

for the shore, seeing the moon ache and fret

for the earth. When morning comes, the sun, ardent, 

covers the trees in gold, you walk 

towards me,

out of the season, out of the light love reasons.

In 2009, Carol Ann Duffy made history when she was appointed the first female and openly lesbian British poet laureate. ‘Love’ is a perfect example of the monologue-style poems she is known for, fitting in with her usual sensory and emotional style of writing; here, she describes love as beautifully boundless, like the light of the sun or the crashing sound of waves. 

26. "The Love Poem" by Carol Ann Duffy 

‘The Love Poem’ takes a different tack, depicting Duffy’s struggle to find the right words to describe her love. It comes from her 2005 collection Rapture, which charts the speaker’s journey through a love affair; at this stage, Duffy gets metafictional about love poetry, striving to explain the challenges of writing it (and invoking several other famous poems along the way).

27. "Before You Came" by Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Don’t leave now that you’re here—

Stay. So the world may become like itself again:

so the sky may by the sky,

the road a road,

and the glass of wine not a mirror, just a glass of wine.

Faiz Ahmed Faiz wrote of love, politics, and community throughout his tumultuous life, and has been especially acknowledged for his contributions to traditional Urdu poetry. In ‘Before You Came’, Faiz writes about how his perspective on life changed after falling in love and how he never wants to be without his lover, who helps him see things as they truly are.

28. "Lines Depicting Simple Happiness" by Peter Gizzi

It feels right to notice all the shiny things about you

About you there is nothing I wouldn’t want to know 

With you nothing is simple yet nothing is simpler

About you many good things come into relation

The beauty in Peter Gizzi’s poetry stems from its simplicity. In ‘Lines Depicting Simple Happiness’, Gizzi’s adoration for his love is clear — however, he avoids overused clichés, meaning the poem is both more personal and less mawkish than other modern love poems.

29. "Six Sonnets: Crossing the West" by Janice Gould 

In that communion of lovers, thick sobs

break from me as I think of my love 

back home, all that I have done

and cannot say. This is the first time 

I have left her so completely, so alone.

Janice Gould’s work homes in on themes of love and connection, with strong links to her identity as a Maidu lesbian. In ‘Six Sonnets: Crossing the West’, Gould equates her lover to a dream, never running short on ethereal ways to describe her... and mourning when she slips away, even temporarily.

30. "For Keeps" by Joy Harjo 

Contrasting love with the beauty of nature helps to create an unbreakable bond between the two. This comparison helps illustrate Joy Harjo’s feelings for her lover in her marvelous poem, ‘For Keeps’.

31. "You Are the Penultimate Love of My Life" by Rebecca Hazelton 

  The garden you plant and I plant

                             is tunneled through by voles,

                                                         the vowels                                          

              we speak aren’t vows,

               but there’s something

                             holding me here, for now,  

             like your eyes, which I suppose                                               

              are brown, after all.’

‘You Are the Penultimate Love of My Life’ is an unorthodox love poem, focusing on the realities rather than the fantasies of being in love. Rebecca Hazelton isn’t writing about her soulmate, and she’s aware of that — but that doesn’t make the love they share any less special.

32. "Yours" by Daniel Hoffman 

I am yours as the summer air at evening is 

Possessed by the scent of linden blossoms, 

As the snowcap gleams with light 

Lent it by the brimming moon. 

Without you I’d be an unleaded tree

Blasted in a bleakness with no Spring.

Daniel Hoffman’s carefully chosen metaphors make ‘Yours’ a truly beautiful love poem. Hoffman’s complete dedication to his lover is obvious — in comparing her to everything from summer evenings to snow-capped mountains, it seems he cannot stop thinking about her throughout the changing seasons.

33. "A Love Song for Lucinda" by Langston Hughes 

Is a high mountain 

Stark in a windy sky.

Would never lose your breath 

Do not climb too high.

Each stanza of Langston Hughes’ ‘A Love Song for Lucinda’ compares love to a specific feeling, all of which are linked to the natural world. This poem emphasizes the exhilaration of falling in love and the all-encompassing enchantment that comes with it.

34. "Poem for My Love" by June Jordan 

Political activist, poet, and essayist June Jordan is one of the most widely-published Jamaican American writers of her generation. In her ‘Poem for My Love’, the speaker is in absolute spiritual awe of her partner and the way she feels about their transcendent love.

35. "for him" by Rupi Kaur

be love at 

first sight when 

we meet it’ll be love 

at first remembrance 

‘cause i’ve recognized you 

in my mother’s eyes when she tells me, 

marry the type of man you’d want to raise your son to be like.

At just 21 years old, Rupi Kaur wrote, illustrated, and self-published her first poetry collection, milk and honey. She describes her poetry as ‘simple and accessible’ — which has allowed it to reach millions of readers worldwide, particularly through Instagram presence. ‘for him’ is a perfect example of a beautiful, powerful love poem which doesn’t have to try too hard to pack a punch.

36. Untitled by Rupi Kaur

love will hurt you but 

love will never mean to 

love will play no games

cause love knows life 

has been hard enough already

Another entry from milk and honey, this short, untitled poem takes a bittersweet and world weary, but ultimately generous look at love and its challenges.

37. "Poem To An Unnameable Man" by Dorothea Lasky

And I will not cry also 

Although you will expect me to

I was wiser too than you had expected 

For I knew all along you were mine

Prolific poet Dorothea Lasky has written multiple collections and currently directs the poetry programme at Columbia University. In ‘Poem To An Unnameable Man’, she uses celestial imagery to explore a romantic relationship, describing her power and strength to the lover who underestimates her.

38. "Movement Song" by Audre Lorde

‘Movement Song’ by Audre Lorde is about the end of a relationship. While the sorrow felt after the speaker’s heart has been broken is clear, the poem ultimately ends with hope that the pair can both have a new beginning — albeit apart.

39. "Camomile Tea" by Katherine Mansfield 

We might be fifty, we might be five,

So snug, so compact, so wise are we!

Under the kitchen-table leg

My knee is pressing against his knee.

Our shutters are shut, the fire is low,

The tap is dripping peacefully;

The saucepan shadows on the wall

Are black and round and plain to see.

Katherine Mansfield has been praised for her ability to simplify complex emotions through short stories and poetry. One of the more tranquil poems on this list, ‘Camomile Tea’ paints a picture of a couple who are calm and quiet and happy with the life they’ve made for themselves, highlighting the underrated joy that peaceful familiarity and comfort can bring in a relationship.

40. "Love Elegy in the Chinese Garden, with Koi" by Nathan McClain 

Because who hasn’t done that —

loved so intently even after everything

has gone? Love something that has washed

its hands of you? I like to think I’m different now, 

that I’m enlightened somehow, 

but who am I kidding?

Nathan McClain’s inspiration for ‘Love Elegy in the Chinese Garden, with Koi’ was a date to the Huntington Botanical Gardens. In the poem, McClain aimed to ‘explore the sense of anxiety’ between two potential lovers, and the weighty emotional baggage that previous failed relationships can bestow upon you.

41. "I think I should have loved you presently (Sonnet IX)" by Edna St. Vincent Millay 

I think I should have loved you presently, 

And given in earnest words I flung in jest;

And lifted honest eyes for you to see, 

And caught your hand against my cheek and breast;

And all my pretty follies flung aside

That won you to me, and beneath you gaze

Edna St. Vincent Millay’s ‘I think I should have loved you presently’ serves as a subversion of the traditional sonnet form. In the poem, the speaker laments their inability to reciprocate their lover’s earnest affection, instead choosing sweet nothings and superficial flirtation over genuine connection.

42. "Love Sonnet XI" by Pablo Neruda

I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.

Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets. 

Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts

me, all day

I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps.

There is a strong sense of longing in Pablo Neruda’s ‘Love Sonnet XI’, as our speaker confesses  the thought of his love never leaves his mind, driving him to the point of distraction. Evocative and at times alarming, it's a love poem which perfectly treads the blurred line between romance and obsession. 

43. "Your Feet" by Pablo Neruda 

In ‘Your Feet’, Neruda expresses a similar devotion to his love as he explains his love for her from head to toe, and gives thanks for the forces he feels brought them together inevitably.

44. "Dear One Absent This Long While" by Lisa Olstein

I expect you. I thought one night it was you

at the base of the drive, you at the foot of the stairs

you in a shiver of light, but each time

leaves in wind revealed themselves, 

the retreating shadow of a fox, daybreak. 

We expect you, cat and I, bluebirds and I, the stove.

The speaker in Lisa Olstein’s ‘Dear One Absent This Long While’ is anxiously waiting for her loved one to return home. The nervous buzz of anticipation as the speaker waits to return to a life of comfort and mundanity, a puzzle from which their lover is the only missing piece, gives this love poem a beautiful raw honesty.

45. "My Lover Is a Woman" by Pat Parker

my lover is a woman 

& when i hold her

feel her warmth

i feel good

Pat Parker was an American poet and activist who drew great inspiration from her life as an African-American lesbian feminist. ‘My Lover Is a Woman’ is about the struggles Parker faced as an openly queer woman of colour, and the safe harbour her lover represents in that storm.

46. "It Is Here" by Harold Pinter 

What is this stance we take,

To turn away and then turn back?

What did we hear?

It was the breath we took when we first met.

Listen. It is here.

Relationships have a funny way of transcending time and space,  and that transcendence isexpressed in Harold Pinter’s beautiful love poem ‘It Is Here’ as he asks his lover to think back to the beginning of their relationship, and in doing so brings the long-passed moment to life.

47. "Untitled" by Christopher Poindexter

I miss you even when you

are beside me. 

I dream of your body

even when you are sleeping

in my arms.

The words I love you

could never be enough.

Christopher Poindexter here presents a deeply honest and relatable portrait of a love that goes beyond the limits of language, as he describes the overwhelming and paradoxical longing it’s possible to feel even when your lover is right by your side. 

48. “Love Is Not A Word” by Riyas Qurana 

Amidst all this 

I keep a falling flower in the mid-air

Not to fall on the earth 

Is it not up to you who search for it

To come and sit on it

And make love?

Don’t forget to bring the word

When you come.

Written from the point of view of a personified love, “Love Is Not A Word” is a rather ambiguous poem. Riyas Qurana explores the notion of love as a whole and relates the concept to nature to emphasize how elemental it is to the human experience. 

49. "[Again and again, even though we know love’s landscape]" by Rainer Maria Rilke 

Again and again, even though we know love’s landscape

and the little churchyard with its lamenting names

and the terrible reticent gorge in which the others

end: again and again the two of us walk out together 

under the ancient trees, lay ourselves down again and  

among the flowers, and look up into the sky.

Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke believed that it was ‘perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks’ for one human to love another (Letters to a Young Poet, 1929). In ‘[Again and again, even though we know love’s landscape]’, Rilke celebrates the continuous, everyday love that two people can share, and the strength that comes from making one vulnerable enough to love another, despite knowing the risk of heartbreak.

50. "Echo" by Christina Rossetti

In ‘Echo’, Christina Rossetti reflects on a lost love and how she wishes it would come back to her like an echo. Rossetti is in despair, longing for her ex-lover, and the resulting yearning creates an equally heartbreaking and beautiful love poem. 

51. "I loved you first: but afterwards your love" by Christina Rossetti

I loved you first: but afterwards your love 

Outsoaring mine, sang such a loftier song

As drowned the friendly cooings of my dove.

Which owes the other most? my love was long, 

And yours one moment seemed to wax more strong

Despite a concern with reciprocity (or a lack thereof) in these opening lines, a feeling of ‘oneness’ in fact runs throughout ‘I loved you first: but afterwards your love’, also by Rossetti. This poem reflects the feeling of complete understanding between two people who love each other deeply, as Rossetti explains how their individual feelings combine to create one love, a whole greater than the sum of its parts.

52. "Defeated by Love" by Rumi 

The sky was lit

by the splendor of the moon 

So powerful 

I fell to the ground 

has made me sure 

I am ready to forsake 

this worldly life 

and surrender 

to the magnificence 

of your Bering

The words of 13th-century Persian poet Rumi have transcended national, ethnic, and religious divides for centuries. The passion and dedication in ‘Defeated by Love’ is apparent in each line, making this enduring testament to the power of love one of the most beautiful love poems on our list. 

53. "Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Sonnet 18)" by William Shakespeare 

Although William Shakespeare may not have have written any romance novels , there are few more celebrated love poets and ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?’ is perhaps the most iconic and recognizable opening line of any love poem. Its simplicity compared to some of Shakespeare’s other sonnets makes it stand out against an incomparable library of work, but the hidden depths and layers of meaning in this densely packed mini-masterpiece have kept readers returning for centuries.

54. "Let me not to the marriage of true minds (Sonnet 116)" by William Shakespeare

Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments. Love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds, 

Or bends with the remover to remove.

O no! it is an ever-fixed mark

In ‘Sonnet 116’, Shakespeare talks about the permanence of love — even if the people change as time goes on, the love between them will remain true and strong, or else it isn’t love at all.

55. "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" (Sonnet 130) by William Shakespeare

I grant I never saw a goddess go;

My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare

As any she belied with false compare. 

In Shakespeare’s final entry on our list, he challenges the traditional association of love with beauty. It doesn’t matter what his lover looks like — to him she is the most rare and valuable thing in the world.

56. "Love’s Philosophy" by Percy Bysshe Shelley 

The fountains mingle with the river

And the rivers with the ocean, 

The winds of heaven mix forever

With a sweet emotion;

Nothing in the world is single;

All things by a law divine

In one spirit meet and mingle

Why not I with thine?

‘Love’s Philosophy’, while a beautiful love poem, offers a much more logical take on romance than many of the other poems on our list. Percy Bysshe Shelley expresses to his lover that  their love is as natural as a river meeting the ocean — but equally that all the beauties of nature are meaningless if he doesn’t have her.

57. "One Day I Wrote her Name (Sonnet 75)" by Edmund Spenser 

One day I wrote her name upon the strand, 

But came the waves and washed it away:

Again I wrote it with a second hand, 

But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.

This beautiful love poem is part of Amoretti , a sonnet cycle about Edmund Spenser’s relationship with Elizabeth Boyle. Spenser explains in ‘Sonnet 75’ that — despite the seemingly portentous way his attempts to make a physical monument to his lover by writing her name in the sand is repeatedly foiled — his love for Boyle will never end, and he will do whatever it takes to make it last. 

58. "I Am Not Yours" by Sara Teasdale

A longing for genuine, passionate, all-encompassing love is the central theme of Sara Tesdale’s ‘I Am Not Yours’. The speaker doesn’t feel any sense of belonging in her current relationship, and wants to find a partner who makes her feel lost in their love.

59. "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 

Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white;

Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk;

Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font.

The firefly wakens; waken thou with me. 

Now drops the milk-white peacock like a ghost,

And like a ghost she glimmers on to me.

‘Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal’ is a song from The Princess, a longer, narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. It was inspired by the ghazal , a Persian form of love poetry which focuses on unsustainable love, and is a classic masterclass in sensual description.

60. "poem I wrote sitting across the table from you" by Kevin Varrone 

I would fold myself 

into the hole in my pocket and disappear 

into the pocket of myself, or at least my pants

but before I did 

like some ancient star

I’d grab your hand

Kevin Varrone confesses how close he feels to his lover in ‘poem I wrote sitting across the table from you’. Written in a moment of procrastination as he worked on a longer verse in a coffee shop, the poem expresses how Varrone wants his lover to partake on all of his adventures, no matter how big or small.

61. "On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous" by Ocean Vuong

Tell me it was for the hunger 

& nothing less. For hunger is to give

the body what it knows 

it cannot keep. That this amber light 

whittled down by another war 

is all that pins my hand 

to your chest.

While you’re probably familiar with Vuong’s 2019 novel by the same name, you may not be familiar with the poem that came first. Ocean Vuong’s writing invites the reader to slow down and understand every word, and ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’ explores themes of desire, impermanence, and craving when in love.

62. "Love After Love" by Derek Walcott

You will love again the stranger who was your self. 

Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart

to itself, to the stranger who has loved you 

all your life, whom you ignored 

for another, who knows you by heart.

Nobel Prize winning poet Derek Walcott offers advice and reassurance to anyone experiencing a breakup in his poem ‘Love After Love’. Encouraging the reader to return to themselves, the poem is a tonic in a world full of love poetry which expects us to hand ourselves over to lovers completely. 

63. "I Love You" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 

I love your lips when they’re wet with wine

And red with a wild desire;

I love your eyes when the lovelight lies

Lit with a passionate fire. 

I love your arms when the warm white flesh

Touches mine in a fond embrace;

I love your hair when the strands enmesh

Your kisses against my face.

In ‘I Love You’, Ella Wheeler Wilcox lays out the tiny moments that add up to why the speaker feels so passionately about her love, before going on to describe the colder attributes she’s not looking for in a relationship. This juxtaposition helps to make the initial love she describes all the more special.

64. "We Have Not Long to Love" by Tennessee Williams

Though better known for his plays than as a romance author , Tennessee Williams was also an accomplished poet. In ‘We Have Not Long to Love’ Williams stresses the importance of appreciating the time we do have and cherishing the love that comes with it, remembering that nothing will last forever.

65. "Poem to First Love" by Matthew Yeager 

To have been told “I love you” by you could well be, for me, 

the highlight of my life, the best feeling, the best peak 

on my feeling graph, in the way that the Chrysler building

might not be the tallest building in the NY sky but is

the best, the most exquisitely spired

Matthew Yeager’s ‘Poem to First Love’ is a bittersweet young romance where, as the title suggests, the speaker is reminiscing about his relationship with his first love, and explores the different ways one might try to logically quantify the utterly illogical force of love. 

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Exploring a Level English Literature Poetry Essay Example

Writing a poetry essay for English Literature A Level assignments is a complex task that requires a unique set of strategies. Essentially the essay comes down to analysing language, structure and imagery of the poem and then exploring the various readings that can be drawn. For example, you might study a poem through the lens of a culture, gender or historical period. This article highlights important tips and strategies for writing an A-Level English Literature Essay.

Elements of a Poetry Essay

When analysing a poem, the first step should be to break it down into its component elements. These could include looking at the context of the poem, considering the poem’s genre and its figure of speech (metaphor, imagery, simile, etc), as well as its subject matter, form, and tone. It is important to look at how the poet’s craft their words to create a particular effect. Analyse the choice of language and how the meaning is created through puns, allusions and connotations.

Interpreting Poetry

Once you have a thorough understanding of the poem, you can move on to interpreting it. This is where you will determine the ways in which the poem speaks to larger themes of culture, religion, or personal experience. Look for how the poem carries a message or speaks to a particular interpretation of its meaning. Consider the social and historical context of the poem, taking into account any cultural references or allusions the poem might include.

Evaluating an A Level English Literature Poetry Essay Example

When evaluating an A-Level English Literature poetry essay example, consider the purpose of the essay and the techniques used. Does the essay have an argument or point of view? Are the examples provided by the writer relevant and sufficient to invalidate the argument? Is the interpretation of the poem valid? Does the essay include evidence of close reading, providing evidence of the author’s deep understanding of the poem? These are all important elements to consider when evaluating an A-Level English Literature poetry essay example.

Poetic Devices

Poetry is commonly filled with a variety of poetic devices, such as alliteration, assonance and repetition. Alliteration is when a series of words begin with the same sound and can help to create rhythm. Assonance is when two or more words close to each other have the same vowel sound, and repetition is repeating a word or phrase for emphasis. Analyse how the poet has used these devices to create effect and highlight the poem’s meaning.

Exploring Cultural and Historical Context

When writing your essay, it is important to explore the cultural and historical context of the poem. For example, if you are analysing a romantic poem, you will want to look at how it fits within the wider context of the Romanticism period, and how the cultural and historical events of the time may have influenced the poem. Consider how the poem ties into broader themes of culture, and why these connections are important for understanding its meaning.

Time Allocation and Drafting

Time allocation is an important part of the poetry essay writing process. When writing an A-level essay, it is helpful to set aside time for drafting, researching and revising. This will help to ensure that your ideas are well developed and that your essay will be up to the required standard. It is also important to remember to include academic references, to cite the sources that you have used correctly and to proofread your essay before submitting it.

Techniques for Making Analysis Accessible and Engaging

It is important that your essay is accessible and engaging for the reader. To do this, be sure to use a variety of different techniques such as anecdotes, metaphors, diagrams, quotes and analogies. This will help you to create interest and ensure your reader can follow your line of thought and argument. Additionally, use vivid and precise language to ensure that your writing is both precise and accurate.

Using Critical Analysis to Develop Your Argument

When writing your essay, remember to be critical and to offer meaningful arguments. For example, you might look at the role of the narrator in the poem or analyse how certain words have been repeated to have a certain effect. By using critical analysis to develop your argument, you will demonstrate your expertise and also advance your own views beyond what has been addressed previously.

Formattting the Poetry Essay

Formatting an A-Level English Literature Essay is important and is an important part of producing an outstanding essay. Use MLA or APA format to present an organised, clear and efficient essay. Make sure that all the sections of your essay are clearly laid out and use a standardised font and size for each body paragraph. Additionally, ensure that your essay has a clear introduction, body paragraphs and a concluding paragraph.

Maintaining Objectivity and Balance

It is also important to ensure that your essay does not contain unsupported opinions, and that all facts used are properly cited. Maintaining objectivity and balance in your essay is essential to ensure that the argument is able to hold up when put up against external criticism. This will ensure that your essay contains accurate information and that your assessment of the poem is fair.

Quoting and Referencing

Finally, make sure to use various quotations from the poem to demonstrate its distinct features, as well as to support your argument. Whenever quoting directly from the poem, make sure to use MLA or APA referencing. This will help to make your essay look professional and well organised. Quoting and referencing is a crucial part of any A-Level English Literature Essay and should not be ignored.

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35 Most Beautiful Love Poems Ever Written

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Updated Jun. 19, 2024

Let the greatest poets express your heart's true feelings with these gorgeous love poems

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What kind of love poems are you in the mood for?

Throughout literary history, love poems have connected lonely hearts, transcended cultural barriers and ultimately withstood the test of time. After all, no other medium captures the essence of love so accurately. While  romance book series and rom-coms certainly make you feel fuzzy inside, poetry strives to distill emotion into a short and sweet (sometimes even bittersweet) message.

We’ve gathered the best love poems ever written to help you express what you’re feeling, from adoration to yearning to heartbreak. In addition to love poems for him and her, you’ll find sad poems alongside funny poems, as well as short poems amid excerpts from longer epics. These poets have searched high and low for the perfect combination of words to convey exactly what it feels like to love your romantic partner, friend or even yourself.

Even if you’re just starting to get your poetry feet wet, these inspirational poems will have you reading whole poetry books  before you know it. So the next time you want something more eloquent than “I love you” or “I miss you,” share these love poems by the literary greats with that special someone.

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1. “Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” by W.B. Yeats

Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Acclaimed Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) wrote this exquisite poem for fiery Irish revolutionary and actress Maud Gonne in 1899. Arguably one of the most beautiful love poems ever written, “Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” uses repetition to emphasize a forlorn yearning, almost as if to cast a love spell. It’s no wonder this poem has been referenced in countless songs, movies and love quotes . Use this poem to convey your desire to give your loved one anything and everything, whether it’s the celestial heavens or your dreams.

2. “I wish I could remember that first day” by Christina Rossetti

I wish I could remember that first day, First hour, first moment of your meeting me, If bright or dim the season, it might be Summer or Winter for aught I can say; So unrecorded did it slip away, So blind was I to see and to foresee, So dull to mark the budding of my tree That would not blossom yet for many a May. If only I could recollect it, such A day of days! I let it come and go As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow; It seemed to mean so little, meant so much; If only now I could recall that touch, First touch of hand in hand – Did one but know!

Don’t we all dream of being able to rewind time to when we met our first love for the very first time? If only we knew how special that moment was—and if only we could have held on to every memory from it. Christina Rossetti (1830–1894) captures this bittersweet nostalgia in her 1881 sonnet “I wish I could remember that first day” through nature imagery. In the 19th century, Rossetti found her voice as the youngest of a family of Italian English scholars. Surrounded by her accomplished parents and siblings, she rose to fame as one of the Victorian era’s greatest poets.

Pair this poem with some sweet love messages to show your one true love just how much they mean to you.

3. “Your Hands” by Angelina Weld Grimké

I love your hands: They are big hands, firm hands, gentle hands; Hair grows on the back near the wrist . . . . I have seen the nails broken and stained From hard work. And yet, when you touch me, I grow small . . . . . . . and quiet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . And happy . . . . . . . . If I might only grow small enough To curl up into the hollow of your palm, Your left palm, Curl up, lie close and cling, So that I might know myself always there, . . . . . . . Even if you forgot.

Written in 1927 by Black poet and playwright Angelina Weld Grimké (1880–1958), “Your Hands” is a sweet ode to an otherwise mundane part of the human body. By examining each aspect of her lover’s hands, from his body hair to his nails, Grimké paints a portrait of a working-class man who provides gentle strength and comfort. This love poem totally gets that feeling of always wanting to be close to your lover.

4. “Love Song” by Dorothy Parker

My own dear love, he is strong and bold And he cares not what comes after. His words ring sweet as a chime of gold, And his eyes are lit with laughter. He is jubilant as a flag unfurled— Oh, a girl, she’d not forget him. My own dear love, he is all my world,— And I wish I’d never met him.

My love, he’s mad, and my love, he’s fleet, And a wild young wood-thing bore him! The ways are fair to his roaming feet, And the skies are sunlit for him. As sharply sweet to my heart he seems As the fragrance of acacia. My own dear love, he is all my dreams,— And I wish he were in Asia.

Any poems about love by Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) are bound to be a bit scathing! Parker was an American writer, satirist and critic renowned for her wit and remembered as one of the founding members of the Algonquin Round Table in the 1920s. Darkly funny, with a playful rhyme scheme and surprising twists, “Love Song” gets at a truth we may hate to admit: Sometimes it’s the ones you love who get under your skin the most. Read the poem in its entirety, as well as some more funny poems, in Parker’s 1926 poetry collection Enough Rope: A Book of Light Verse .

In the mood for more witty laughs? Read these limericks , and you’ll be writing like Dorothy Parker in no time!

5. “Love and Friendship” by Emily Brontë

Love is like the wild rose-briar, Friendship like the holly-tree— The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms But which will bloom most constantly?

The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring, Its summer blossoms scent the air; Yet wait till winter comes again And who will call the wild-briar fair?

Then scorn the silly rose-wreath now And deck thee with the holly’s sheen, That when December blights thy brow He still may leave thy garland green.

You’ve probably read Emily Brontë’s classic Gothic romance novel Wuthering Heights in your high school lit class, but Brontë (1818–1848) is also celebrated for her poetry. Her poem “Love and Friendship” offers a more realistic take on romance: Though we may neglect our friends while we are in love, it is ultimately these friendships that will remain steadfast when winter (which you can interpret as hard times or old age) comes.

6. “She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron

She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes

Once described as “mad, bad and dangerous to know” by his lover Lady Caroline Lamb, poet Lord Byron (1788–1824) was the heartthrob of 19th-century London, setting the fashion for every tousled, troubled troubadour who has followed to the present day. Despite George Gordon Byron’s terrible reputation, no one could resist the lyrical, romantic overtures in his love poems, and this tender verse gives us a hint as to why. Make sure to read the poem in its entirety in The Selected Poetry of Lord Byron .

7. “[The flowers and my love,]” by Ono no Komachi

The flowers and my love, Passed away under the rain, While I idly looked upon them: Where is my yester-love?

Scholars don’t know much about the poet Ono no Komachi, other than the fact that she was most likely a court lady during the early Heian period (794–1192) and is still considered one of the most esteemed female poets in Japan. Translated by Yone Noguchi, this wistful waka poem encompasses the fragile beauty of lost love. The simplicity and precision of short Japanese poems, and their ability to convey so much in so few characters, later inspired Imagist poets in the West like Ezra Pound. If you liked this poem, check out these books by Asian authors .

8. “Let me not to the marriage of true minds (Sonnet 116)” by William Shakespeare

Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken. Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle’s compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this be error, and upon me prov’d, I never writ, nor no man ever lov’d.

No collection of romantic poems would be complete without at least one of William Shakespeare’s iconic love sonnets. First published in 1609, “Sonnet 116” stresses that true love should not change or fade with time but be steady like the North Star for sailors even in metaphorical storms. We like to imagine Romeo and Juliet’s love would have endured like this had they met as adults instead of overdramatic, angsty teens.

9. “Poem—To the Black Beloved” by Langston Hughes

Ah, My black one, Thou art not beautiful Yet thou hast A loveliness Surpassing beauty.

Oh, My black one, Thou art not good Yet thou hast A purity Surpassing goodness.

Ah, My black one, Thou art not luminous Yet an altar of jewels, An altar of shimmering jewels, Would pale in the light Of thy darkness, Pale in the light Of thy nightness.

In a world that upheld (and continues to uphold) Eurocentric beauty standards, Langston Hughes (1901–1967) celebrated Black beauty and Black love in “Poem—To the Black Beloved.” Hughes, of course, was a Black poet and activist. He rose to fame during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, a time when he said his fellow community members could “express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame.”

10. “Pagan Passion” by Luis G. Dato

I am sweetly perplexed by love sallies, releases, By the countless retreats and the numberless captures, By the petulant coldness and agreeable raptures, By the whisper of phrases that hurts and then pleases, I am drunk by the prodigal total of leases From her body and spirit, her soul and her senses, I revel in approaches and artless offenses, In her challenging taunts and her tenderly teases. Now will I disengage a red flower from her tresses, And uplift her lithe form from a divan of roses, For the zephyr of night too much passion opposes, And in delicate folds now has rumpled her dresses. On tomorrow’s new ventures the heart eager presses, I repose now to ponder on life-soothing losses.

At just 20 years old, Filipino poet Luis Guevara Dato (1906–1985) wrote Manila: A Collection of Verse , establishing himself as one of the first Filipinos to publish his works in English. Dato’s love poem “Pagan Passion” exemplifies his mastery of the written word, playing with a melodic rhyme scheme and alliteration to show the joys and torments of flirtation.

11. “Batter my heart, three person’d God (Holy Sonnet 14)” by John Donne

Batter my heart, three-personed God, for you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise, and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new. I, like an usurped town, to another due, Labour to admit you, but Oh, to no end. Reason, your viceroy in me, me should defend, But is captived, and proves weak or untrue. Yet dearly I love you, and would be loved fain, But am betrothed unto your enemy: Divorce me, untie or break that knot again, Take me to you, imprison me, for I, Except you enthrall me, never shall be free, Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.

This sonnet from English poet John Donne (1571–1631) isn’t a conventional love poem but rather a love poem dedicated to God. On the surface, the narrator struggles with his faith and beseeches God to return to him and make him new. But the violent and even erotic verbs make “Holy Sonnet 14” arguably one of the most passionate poems and greatest love poems of all time. It’s certainly one that poetry lovers (both religious and nonreligious) revisit time and time again.

12. “I Loved You” by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin

I loved you, and I probably still do, And for a while the feeling may remain… But let my love no longer trouble you, I do not wish to cause you any pain. I loved you; and the hopelessness I knew, The jealousy, the shyness—though in vain— Made up a love so tender and so true As may God grant you to be loved again.

Published in 1830, this poem about love by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799–1837) expresses both respect and devotion toward a former love. Pushkin, who is often regarded as Russia’s greatest poet, wrote in an autobiographical style that captured the rather tumultuous episodes of his love life, exploring the hopelessness, jealousy and tenderness that come with the territory of love. His seminal work, “Eugene Onegin,” even foreshadowed his own death in a duel against an admirer of his wife, Natalia.

13. “On Love” by Kahlil Gibran

Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself. But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at the noon hour and meditate love’s ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.

Spiritual and philosophical, The Prophet (1923) by Lebanese American writer and poet Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) is a celebrated collection of 28 prose-poetry fables. Gibran’s “On Love” is one of the most famous poems from the collection. In it, a fictional prophet explains to his followers to expect both pain and ecstasy when they fall in love. After all, the best type of poem about love is an honest one: one that admits love is hard but also worth the many joys. Read the rest of “On Love” in The Prophet .

14. “Wild Nights—Wild Nights! (249)” by Emily Dickinson

Wild Nights – Wild Nights! Were I with thee Wild Nights should be Our luxury!

Futile – the winds – To a heart in port – Done with the compass – Done with the chart!

Rowing in Eden – Ah, the sea! Might I moor – Tonight – In thee!

Acclaimed American poet Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) was thought to be an eccentric recluse and spinster, and yet many of her posthumously published love poems, including “Wild Nights—Wild Nights!” suggest Dickinson had a livelier romantic life behind closed doors. The poem opens with a passionate desire to spend the night with a lover, setting the stage for an erotic extended metaphor of a sailor who seeks to dock their ship. There is a hint of sadness, of course, that these nights cannot actually come to fruition, perhaps due to forbidden love—many scholars believe Dickinson’s romantic poems were actually about her sister-in-law.

15. “Love’s Acolyte” by Elsa Gidlow

Many have loved you with lips and fingers And lain with you till the moon went out; Many have brought you lover’s gifts; And some have left their dreams on your doorstep.

But I who am youth among your lovers Come like an acolyte to worship, My thirsting blood restrained by reverence, My heart a wordless prayer.

The candles of desire are lighted, I bow my head, afraid before you, A mendicant who craves your bounty Ashamed of what small gifts he brings.

While many poets had to hide their homosexuality under layers of metaphors, Canadian American poet Elsa Gidlow (1898–1986) was one of the first to publish openly lesbian love poetry. Gidlow’s 1923 “Love’s Acolyte” imagines a narrator who distinguishes herself from previous lovers by showing her absolute devotion and reverence to her godlike lover. Read more of Gidlow’s poems ruminating on her political and sexual identity in her collection On a Grey Thread .

16. “I, Lover” by Elsa Gidlow

Never shall I dread love’s strength Nor any pain it might give. Through all the years I may live I shall never have any fear of love.

I shall never draw back from love Through fear of its vast pain But build joy of it and count it again. I shall never have any fear of love.

In the context of Elsa Gidlow’s proud lesbian identity, “I, Lover” is both a bittersweet love poem and a triumphant one. The narrator declares that although she has experienced much pain and cruelty in love, she will “never tremble nor flinch” from love. Instead, she is determined to face and endure the heartbreak love may bring precisely because she also cherishes the joy of love. If you like that sentiment, check out these LGBTQ+ books that also proclaim “love is love,” in all shapes and forms.

17. “Love” by Hermogénes Irisarri

Fair maid! believe me, love is like a lake, Whose crystal depths reflect thy brow of snow; The roses on thy cheek that come and go, When in thy azure eyes the smiles awake,

No passing winds the liquid mirror wake, The cool refreshing airs so softly blow. But hidden currents in the depths below The angry surface in an instant shake.

Gaze then in safety from the emerald shore; Nor launch thy shallop on the treacherous wave. Even the gentle touch of thy light oar May rouse the slumbering peril from its grave. Thy fragile bark is on rough waters tossed; The picture fades, thou sinkest, and art lost.

Chilean poet, writer and politician Hermogénes Irisarri (1819–1886) wrote “Love” in 1918, using an extended simile for love as a lake. Translated from Spanish by Agnes Blake Poor, the poem argues that on the surface, love is beautiful, but it can be ugly and treacherous if you get too close. The narrator instead urges his beautiful lover to stay far away on the shore, where she cannot get hurt and where he can continue to idealize her reflection.

18. “How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day’s Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.

Forget funny roses-are-red poems ! Nothing sums up the feeling of complete and total devotion quite like Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Sonnet 43.” By the time the poetess (1806–1861) met her much younger husband, Robert Browning, she was already a literary celebrity on both sides of the Atlantic, but her poor health and overprotective family kept her almost a prisoner in her room. Although Barrett Browning was already 40, she was forced to elope with her husband and fled to Italy, where her newlywed bliss apparently continued.

19. “Why I Love Thee?” by Sadakichi Hartmann

Why I love thee? Ask why the seawind wanders, Why the shore is aflush with the tide, Why the moon through heaven meanders; Like seafaring ships that ride On a sullen, motionless deep; Why the seabirds are fluttering the strand Where the waves sing themselves to sleep And starshine lives in the curves of the sand!

While it may be easy to explain how much you love someone, it’s harder to explain why you love someone. If you’ve ever been asked the latter, “Why I Love Thee?” is the perfect response. Written in 1904 by German Japanese American poet Carl Sadakichi Hartmann (1867–1944), the poem lists natural occurrences that, like love, would have been impossible to explain (at that time anyway).

20. “This Much and More” by Djuna Barnes

If my lover were a comet Hung in air, I would braid my leaping body In his hair.

Yea, if they buried him ten leagues Beneath the loam, My fingers they would learn to dig And I’d plunge home!

American artist, journalist and writer Djuna Barnes (1892–1982) is best known for her cult classic lesbian novel Nightwood and for her career as a journalist in 1920s Jazz Age Paris. Her poem “This Much and More” explores the “more” in the phrase “I love you this much and more,” with the narrator proving her utmost devotion to her lover. It’s the ultimate poem to tell your love that you will follow them wherever they go, whether it means leaping into the sky or plunging into the earth and dying beside them.

21. “Let Thine Eyes Whisper” by Ameen Rihani

Grieve not, for I am near thee; Sigh not, for I can hear thee; Wash from thy heart all memory of past wrong; Doubt not that doubts besmear thee; Speak not, for I do fear thee; Let thine eyes whisper love’s conciling song.

Sweet and to the point, “Let Thine Eyes Whisper” is a love poem written by Syrian American writer and activist Ameen Rihani (1876–1940) in 1905. The narrator comforts a grieving loved one (making this a good funeral poem ), assuring them that they are not alone and that love will heal them.

22. “Longing” by Paul Laurence Dunbar

If you could sit with me beside the sea to-day, And whisper with me sweetest dreamings o’er and o’er; I think I should not find the clouds so dim and gray, And not so loud the waves complaining at the shore.

If you could sit with me upon the shore to-day, And hold my hand in yours as in the days of old, I think I should not mind the chill baptismal spray, Nor find my hand and heart and all the world so cold.

If you could walk with me upon the strand to-day, And tell me that my longing love had won your own, I think all my sad thoughts would then be put away, And I could give back laughter for the Ocean’s moan!

There’s just something about spending time with your loved one that makes the world seem brighter and the mundane infinitely more romantic. Written by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906), one of the first Black poets to gain recognition, “Longing” gets at just that feeling. The poem paints a scene of a cold, cloudy day at the beach, where the narrator misses his lover and imagines how much better it would be if she were beside him.

23. “Bright Star” by John Keats

Bright star! would I were steadfast as thou art— Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like Nature’s patient sleepless Eremite, The moving waters at their priestlike task Of pure ablution round earth’s human shores, Or gazing on the new soft fallen mask Of snow upon the mountains and the moors— No—yet still steadfast, still unchangeable, Pillow’d upon my fair love’s ripening breast, To feel for ever its soft fall and swell, Awake for ever in a sweet unrest, Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath, And so live ever—or else swoon to death.

One of literary history’s most famous love poems, “Bright Star” was written by English Romantic poet John Keats (1795–1821) and dedicated to his love, Fanny Brawne. The sonnet starts with the narrator admiring a star in the sky for its steadfast brightness and solitude but then admitting he would rather be steadfast in his love, lying with his beautiful lover forever. Keats revised the poem until his last days; shortly after its completion, he tragically died of tuberculosis at just 25 years old. If the woman in your life loves poems, “Bright Star” is sure to impress her.

24. “Secret” by Gwendolyn Bennett

I shall make a song like your hair. . . . gold-woven with shadows green-tinged, And I shall play with my song As my fingers might play with your hair. Deep in my heart I shall play with my song of you, Gently. . . . I shall laugh At its sensitive lustre. . . I shall wrap my song in a blanket, Blue like your eyes are blue With tiny shots of silver. I shall wrap it caressingly, Tenderly. . . . I shall sing a lullaby To the song I have made Of your hair and eyes . . . And you will never know That deep in my heart I shelter a song of you Secretly . . . .

We’ve all felt the thrill and heartbreak of a secret love, one you can’t even dare to express. Harlem Renaissance poet Gwendolyn Bennett (1902–1981) begins “Secret” by describing the song she would write for her lover, but she then reveals the song can be played only deep in her heart. Given the blond-haired, blue-eyed object of this Black poet’s affections during a time period when interracial marriage was banned, it’s possible to interpret this poem as being about forbidden love. Looking to further diversify your reading? Add these must-read books by Black authors to your reading list.

25. “I know I am but summer to your heart (Sonnet XXVII)” by Edna St. Vincent Millay

I know I am but summer to your heart, And not the full four seasons of the year; And you must welcome from another part Such noble moods as are not mine, my dear. No gracious weight of golden fruits to sell Have I, nor any wise and wintry thing; And I have loved you all too long and well To carry still the high sweet breast of Spring. Wherefore I say: O love, as summer goes, I must be gone, steal forth with silent drums, That you may hail anew the bird and rose When I come back to you, as summer comes. Else will you seek, at some not distant time, Even your summer in another clime.

Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950) was a feminist ahead of her time, and many of her poems unabashedly explore female desire and subvert the male gaze. In “Sonnet XXVII,” however, the narrator paints herself as summer, a brief relationship that will soon be replaced by the other seasons, as the narrator recognizes that she cannot be everything for her lover. While this is technically a breakup poem, it’s a complex one in which affection still lingers, but the narrator chooses to leave the relationship for now, with dignity and love for herself.

26. “Song of Myself, 1 [I Celebrate myself]” by Walt Whitman

I Celebrate myself, and sing myself,

And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.

My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’d from this soil, this air, Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same, I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin, Hoping to cease not till death.

Creeds and schools in abeyance, Retiring back a while sufficed at what they are, but never forgotten, I harbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard, Nature without check with original energy.

Considered one of the most influential poems ever written, “Song of Myself” by American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892) is, as its title suggests, a celebration of the metaphysical self. Whitman’s narrator takes in the beautiful sensory imagery around him, examining its relationship to his own body and the life that courses through it. And although it’s not a poem about love in the romantic sense, it’s a poem about self-love . After all, we cannot truly love others without first loving ourselves. Make sure to read this poem in its entirety in the Song of Myself book .

27. “Amores (II)” by E.E. Cummings

in the rain- darkness, the sunset being sheathed i sit and think of you

the holy city which is your face your little cheeks the streets of smiles

your eyes half- thrush half-angel and your drowsy lips where float flowers of kiss

Best known for his experimental use of form and punctuation, American poet Edward Estlin Cummings (1894–1962) helped redefine modernist free-verse poetry. His short lines (unconventional at the time) and rejection of uppercase spelling pushed against the boundaries of language, while his sensual imagery often celebrated love, sex and death. There is a treasure trove of swoon-worthy lines in the “Amores” series, but “ Amores (II) ” accurately captures how you can seem to see your lover everywhere when you miss and think about them.

28. “Amores (V)” by E.E. Cummings

and the earth withers the moon crumbles one by one stars flutter into dust

but the sea does not change and she goes forth out of hands and she returns into hands

and is with sleep….

love, the breaking of your soul upon my lips

Like “Amores (II),” “ Amores (V) ” uses nature imagery to explore the theme of love and longing. E.E. Cummings depicts the paradoxical nature of love, fickle but steadfast in how it comes and goes, like the tides of the sea—the moment love does return, it’s breathtaking. In the last stanza, his avant-garde syntax and spacing are reminiscent of the waves: receding, returning, receding and then returning for that tantalizing kiss.

29. “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun (Sonnet 130)” by William Shakespeare

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips’ red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress when she walks treads on the ground. And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.

Another of Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, “Sonnet 130” is a funny twist on love poems and the clichéd idealization of a lover as the most perfect, most beautiful woman beyond comparison. Instead, Shakespeare playfully emphasizes just how ordinary his lover is until the turning point in the last two lines, also known as the volta, when he declares that his love is not only more authentic, but rare, precisely because he sees and appreciates her for who she truly is. Be warned: Only those with a specific type of humor may be flattered by this poem!

30. “Little Things” by Marion Strobel

Little things I’ll give to you— Till your fingers learn to press Gently On a loveliness; Little things and new— Till your fingers learn to hold Love that’s fragile, Love that’s old.

Marion Strobel (1895–1967) was an American writer, editor and critic, celebrated for her depiction of modern women at a time when women were just starting to gain more agency in society. There’s a quiet determination in 1927’s “Little Things,” a short and sweet poem from the perspective of a mother cooing gently to her child, promising to teach how to love tenderly and how to hold on to all different kinds of love. If you’re feeling inspired by this one, check out these other Mother’s Day poems .

31. “To My Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet

If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee; If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me ye women if you can. I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold, Or all the riches that the East doth hold. My love is such that rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee give recompense. Thy love is such I can no way repay; The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray. Then while we live, in love let’s so persever, That when we live no more we may live ever.

Born in Northampton, England, in 1612, Anne Bradstreet and her prominent Puritan family emigrated to America and settled in Massachusetts. Bradstreet’s poetry is a snapshot of politics, theology and other aspects of Puritan life in New England from the perspective of an educated woman. Her love poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband” shows how much she valued her marriage as a gift from God; as she writes, the love between her and her husband would persevere in heaven. Whether you are religious or not, this is a perfect poem to share with your husband for a special occasion.

32. “My Loves” by Langston Hughes

I love to see the big white moon, A-shining in the sky; I love to see the little stars, When the shadow clouds go by.

I love the rain drops falling On my roof-top in the night; I love the soft wind’s sighing, Before the dawn’s gray light.

I love the deepness of the blue, In my Lord’s heaven above; But better than all these things I think, I love my lady love.

We all know the feeling of loving someone so deeply that everything else seems to pale in comparison. In “My Loves,” Langston Hughes names the things he loves, from the celestial to beautiful moments in nature, but he declares that above all these things, he adores his lover most.

33. “Love’s Growth” by John Donne

But if this medicine, love, which cures all sorrow With more, not onely bee no quintessence, But mixt of all stuffes, paining soule, or sense, And of the Sunne his working vigour borrow, Love’s not so pure, and abstract, as they use To say, which have no Mistresse but their Muse, But as all else, being elemented too, Love sometimes would contemplate, sometimes do

And yet no greater, but more eminent, Love by the spring is grown; As, in the firmament, Starres by the Sunne are not inlarg’d, but showne, Gentle love deeds, as blossomes on a bough, From love’s awakened root do bud out now.

Published in 1633, “ Love’s Growth ” examines the metaphysical nature of love, arguing that love is not the lofty, pure concept that John Dunne once believed it to be; rather, love is something organic, ever-changing and tangible. Love, he has realized, is something that affects both the soul and the body, sometimes causing physical pain but also delighting as it blossoms like spring.

34. “Rainy Season Love Song” by Gladys May Casely-Hayford

The thunder rumbles about us, and I feel its triumphant note As your warm arms steal around me; and I kiss your dusky throat; “The thunder’s in love with you darling. It hides its power in your breast. And I feel it stealing o’er me as I lie in your arms at rest. I sometimes wonder, beloved, when I drink from life’s proffered bowl, Whether there’s thunder hidden in the innermost parts of your soul.”

Gold Coast–born writer Gladys Casely-Hayford (1904–1950), also known as Aquah LaLuah, was a pioneering African writer who wrote sensual lesbian love poems. Her 1927 poem “ Rainy Season Love Song ” tells a story of getting caught up in a thrilling rainstorm with her lover Frangepani. The desire the narrator feels is palpable in the stolen kisses and fiery touches as the thunder and rain surround the lovers, and you can almost hear the narrator’s seductive whispers. It’s no wonder Casely-Hayford’s poems were popular with Harlem Renaissance writers!

35. “Love Song” by Rainer Maria Rilke

When my soul touches yours a great chord sings! How shall I tune it then to other things? O! That some spot in darkness could be found That does not vibrate when’er your depth sound. But everything that touches you and me Welds us as played strings sound one melody. Where is the instrument whence the sounds flow? And whose the master-hand that holds the bow? O! Sweet song—

Have you ever met someone who truly feels like they are your other half and simply completes your existence? In his 1918 poem “Love Song,” acclaimed Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) uses an extended metaphor to depict love as two souls in perfect harmony. You can almost hear the violin strings reverberating in a gorgeous song as the poet wonders wistfully who is the one orchestrating their love. Make sure to read more of Rilke’s mysticism and introspection in his brilliant 1908 epistolary book Letters to a Young Poet .

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William Wordsworth as a Romantic Poet

The romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770–1850) is regarded as one of the central figures of the Romantic movement in English literature. His poetry is deeply influenced by his love for nature and his experiences in the Lake District of England. The poetry of William Blake embodies many of the key characteristics of Romanticism.

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Love for Nature

William Wordsworth’s profound love for nature is a central theme in much of his poetry. He spent much of his life near the Lake District of England, therefore, he has a profound love for nature. There are many poems which showcase his love for nature:

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (1804)

Tintern abbey (1798).

In this poem, Wordsworth revisits the banks of the River Wye and talks about the everlasting power of nature. He describes the landscape in detail and explores how his connection to nature has shaped his identity. He writes:

These examples illustrate Wordsworth’s ability to capture the beauty, power, and spiritual significance of the natural world in his poetry. His deep connection to nature provides him an inspiration for writing poetry.

Emotion and Imagination

Emotion and imagination are central themes in the poetry of romantic poet William Wordsworth. He believes that poetry should evoke emotions and stimulate the reader’s imagination. Many of his poems are elucidates these two major themes:

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (also known as “Daffodils”)

Lines composed a few miles above tintern abbey, the solitary reaper, ode: intimations of immortality from recollections of early childhood, focus on the common man.

The romantic poet William Wordsworth’s focus on the individual and the common man is a central theme in many of his poems. He believes that ordinary people, their experiences, and their emotions are worthy subjects for poetry. His poetry highlights this focus:

In this poem, Wordsworth reflects on his own experiences. He visits Tintern Abbey and tells us how nature has had a lasting impact on his life. He also speaks about his sister Dorothy and the solace they find in each other’s company. Wordsworth emphasizes the importance of individual experience and how nature can connect people to deeper truths. He writes:

This narrative poem tells the story of a shepherd named Michael and his deep connection to his land and family. It explores themes of loss, love, and the passage of time. The romantic poet William Wordsworth portrays the dignity and resilience of the common man in the face of adversity through the character of Michael. He writes:

These examples illustrate Wordsworth’s commitment to portraying the lives, experiences, and emotions of ordinary individuals in his poetry. He emphasizes the humanity and the richness of their inner lives.

Spirituality and Transcendence

Lines composed a few miles above tintern abbey :.

This poem describes how the beauty of the landscape and the memories associated with the place awaken a sense of spiritual renewal within the poet. The poem explores that nature has the power to connect individuals to deeper truths. Furthermore, nature provides solace and comfort in times of trouble.

Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood .

This ode is about the loss of innocence that accompanies childhood. The poet mourns the passage of time and the fading of the experiences of childhood. He also suggests that these experiences leave an indelible mark on the human soul. Wordsworth suggests that the beauty of the natural world is a reminder of the spiritual truths that transcend the material world.

Language and Poetic Form

William Wordsworth’s poetry is characterised by its innovative use of language and poetic form. It helps to shape the Romantic literary movement. There are some aspects of his language and poetic form in his poems, which are:

Simple and Conversational Language .

The romantic poet Wordsworth uses a language that is clear, simple, and conversational. He often utilises the formal diction of earlier poets. He believes that poetry should speak directly to the common people. For example, in “Lines Written in Early Spring,” he uses straightforward language to describe the beauty of nature: 

Lyrical Ballad Form

Use of nature imagery.

Wordsworth’s poetry is rich with imagery drawn from the natural world. He often uses nature as a source of inspiration and as a metaphor for human emotions and experiences. In “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” (also known as “Daffodils”), he vividly describes a field of daffodils:

Reflective and Meditative Tone

Many of Wordsworth’s poems have a reflective and meditative tone. In poems, the speaker contemplates the beauty of nature and its impact on the human soul. In “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey,” Wordsworth talks about the memories and spiritual insights he gains from revisiting a natural landscape:

In a nutshell, the romantic poet Wordsworth’s poetry embodies the ideals and themes of the Romantic movement, including a deep reverence for nature, individual experience, and a belief in the power of imagination and emotion. His work continues to be discussed for its beauty, insight, and enduring relevance.

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The époque of Enlightment was followed by Romanticism. It was the period of extreme changes in the world outlook. This period expressed a strong criticism of the previous one. The principles of writing and the themes had changed. The main hero of the Romantic literature was a lonely man with sensible soul and isolated from the society in terms of his perception of the reality. The period of Romanticism is characterized by its address to nature, in other words, the world was perceived through the nature.

“It is characterized by a shift from the structured, intellectual, reasoned approach of the 1700’s to use of the imagination, freedom of thought and expression, and an idealization of nature” (“Romanticism”). So, nature was the main tool of Romantic poets and writers they used in order to describe different aspects of life and human soul in particular.

Romantic writers emphasized the connection of man and nature. They looked at this connection from the moral perspective. The first person who outlined the principles of Romanticism was Jean Jacques Rousseau who said about the human freedom, sensitiveness of human soul and connection with nature: “Rousseau was to have the deepest and most lasting effect upon the self-understanding of the Romantic mind” (Travers 4).

In Britain, at the end of the 18 th and beginning of the 19 th centuries, Romanticism developed very quickly and was the most expressive. Different authors revealed to nature in order to express their intentions and thoughts. Moreover, “English poets, such as Lord Byron and Persey Bysshe Shelley used nature as their inspiration. They wrote of nature being wild and without logic and their poems evoked strong feelings in their readers” (Gunderson 15).

One of the best romantic writers of England were William Wordsworth, Samuel Coliredge, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley. They used quite different respective depictions of nature, however, the one thing is common: the descriptions of nature in their works are aimed at depicting the characters, behavior, feelings and concerns of the main heroes.

Onno Oerlemans says, “I think, that Wordsworth is the most original….Wordsworth’s nature (as cycles of life, or an emblem of eternity) rarely provides the kind of relief…” In his Tinturn Abbey , he used the descriptions of nature to show the feelings of protagonist and his memories. For him, nature is the sort of eternal teacher of human. “Nature to Wordsworth is a mother-goddess who teaches the soul” (Gleckner 311), he acclaims:

Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; ’tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all (Wordsworth 212)

The Wordsworth’s descriptions of the Tinturn Abbey are gentle and he emphasizes that nature is the keeper of the time:

Therefore let the moon Shine on thee in thy solitary walk; And let the misty mountain-winds be free To blow against thee: and, in after years, (Wordsworth 121)

At the same time, Shelley focuses on the connection of the natural processes and the way people think. He uses the comparison of the river being born in mountains with the thought being born in one’s mind:

In the wild woods, among the mountains lone, Where waterfalls around it leap forever, Where woods and winds contend, and a vast river 10 Over its rocks ceaselessly bursts and raves (Shelley 64)

Moreover, he uses the descriptions of a “dark valley” that produces the effect of trans on the reader. The epithets and images they create evoke deep emotions in readers. In Samuel Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner, one can see the descriptions of the sea. The storm and the dead calm of the sea are the main means to reveal the essence of the story.

Moreover, the author uses the bird albatross as a metaphor that meant “the will of God” and sometimes compared with the symbol death. The images of nature in work of every author are quite different, Wordsworth describes it gently using special epithets; Shelley uses the images of nature in order to show the flow of time and his sorrow, his pictures are more dark and ferocious. Coleridge describes the sea, and even when it is calm, it still evokes horror and foreboding of evil.

One more wonderful writer of the period of Romanism is Mary Shelley with her famous Frankenstein. This writer is probably the one who used the images of nature in order to reveal every single thought and emotion of one of the main characters Victor.

The author uses natural phenomena metaphorically in order to describe Victor’s early years: “I find it arise, like a mountain river, from ignoble and almost forgotten sources; but swelling as it proceeded, it became the torrent which, in its course, has swept away all my hopes and joys” (Shelley, 21). In addition, every Victor’s emotion is connected with nature. The nature is one that helps him to survive horrible moments in his life.

To sum up it all, it should be mentioned one more time that nature and its images served as the main tool for the writers of Romanticism. They perceived the world through the nature and searched answers for eternal questions of being. Finally, all romantic writers were great masters of description.

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Greater Romantic Lyric

Greater Romantic Lyric refers to a particular type of Romantic poem in which the author spends an extended period of time contemplating a particular subject.

The term greater Romantic lyric as devised by the scholar M.H. Abrams and used in his essay   ‘Structure and Style in the Greater Romantic Lyric.’ These poems, as described in more detail below, were often deeply emotional and complex. They were usually long and fairly serious as well. 

Greater Romantic Lyric pronunciation: greh-tur row-man-tick leer-ick

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Definition of a Greater Romantic Lyric 

A greater Romantic lyric is a poem written during the Romantic period that subscribes to the tenants of Romanticism but is longer and more serious than other poems of its type.

These poems were often deeply meditative and contemplative. They focused on the natural world, as seen in a couple of examples below. Some of the best examples include Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s conversation poems . These are a group of eight poems composed between 1795 and 1807. Each poem describes a life experience and deals with virtues. Man’s relationship with and obligation to God is one of the central themes of these works. 

Examples of Greater Romantic Lyrics 

Stanzas written in dejection, near naples by percy bysshe shelley.

Written in Spenserian stanzas , ‘ Stanzas Written in Dejection, near Naples’ is a well-known example of Shelley’s poetry. It describes the feelings of alienation a  speaker  suffers from and how he attempts to soothe his pain with nature. The poem begins with the speaker describing a beautiful day he’s observing. This includes the sea and mountains and his wonder at being able to take in both. He observes everything around him, and listening to the silence is like listening to Solitude’s voice . He imagines looking into the sea, finding his way to the bottom where the environment is untouched by human beings. Here are a few lines from this section: 

 I see the Deep’s untrampled floor  With green and purple seaweeds strown;  I see the waves upon the shore,  Like light dissolved in star-showers, thrown:  I sit upon the sands alone,—  The lightning of the noontide ocean  Is flashing round me, and a tone  Arises from its measured motion,  How sweet! did any heart now share in my emotion. 

These lines are filled with wonderful examples of imagery . He describes the way the waves touch the shore and a confluence of elements that create light “dissolved in star-showers.” Suddenly, as the poem progresses, the speaker’s emotions become so overwhelming that even the natural world can’t cheer him. 

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Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth  

‘ Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey ’ is one of the poet’s best-loved poems. It’s also a wonderful example of a greater Romantic lyric. The poem describes how the speaker returned to a specific spot along the River Wye and contemplated nature and his life. The poem is part dramatic monologue and part lyrical ballad . The place he returned to is very dear to him and is just as beautiful and mystical as it was when he left. The “beauteous forms” of the landscape have not been lost from his mind, though. They have stayed with him through his absence and supported him. Here are some of the best-known lines: 

These beauteous forms,  Through a long absence, have not been to me  As is a landscape to a blind man’s eye:  But oft, in lonely rooms, and ‘mid the din  Of towns and cities, I have owed to them,  In hours of weariness, sensations sweet,  Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart;  And passing even into my purer mind  With tranquil restoration:—feelings too  Of unremembered pleasure: such, perhaps,  As have no slight or trivial influence  On that best portion of a good man’s life, 

When he considers his memories of this place, they bring him pleasures and small joys from his youth. These feelings influence him to live a “good man’s life.” It’s with these thoughts that he’s able to continue on a path of goodness and help other people in big ways and small. 

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Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 

‘ Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ is a lyrical ballad that tells a long and dark narrative. It contains many of the elements of a folk ballad, including a dramatic beginning and the fact that it’s written as a dialogue between the speaker and one listener. In this case, the Mariner and the wedding guest. In the first part of the poem, the Mariner confronts the wedding guest, determined to tell his story. He describes how he, while on a ship at sea, killed an albatross and the many distressing events that followed. Here are a few lines from Part II (of VII): 

And I had done a hellish thing, And it would work ’em woe: For all averred, I had killed the bird That made the breeze to blow. Ah wretch! said they, the bird to slay, That made the breeze to blow! Nor dim nor red, like God’s own head, The glorious Sun uprist: Then all averred, I had killed the bird That brought the fog and mist. ‘Twas right, said they, such birds to slay, That bring the fog and mist.

Here, the Mariner mourns the “hellish thing” that he did. He killed the bird “That made the breeze blow.” The rest of the poem plays out like a nightmare, with the speaker confronted by all sorts of otherworldly phenomena. 

Explore more of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poetry .

Some of the characteristics include a serious tone , contemplation of or meditation on a particular subject of interest, and other attributes of Romanticism . These include a focus on nature, figurative language , lyricism , and more. 

Some of the authors who penned poems in this sub-genre of Romanticism include Tennyson, Wordsworth, Auden, and Coleridge. 

These poems are some of the best examples of Romanticism . By dividing them into a new category, readers can focus on their extended attributes and the higher degree of intention they place on particular emotional experiences. 

The subject matter these poems focused on was usually concerned, at least in some way, with nature. These poems might also consider humankind’s relationship with God, a single person’s relationship to the rest of humanity, and virtues. 

Related Literary Terms 

• Romanticism : a movement that originated in Europe at the end of the 18th century and emphasized aesthetic experience and imagination.
• Sensory Language : the words used to create images that trigger the reader’s senses. These include sight, sound, smell, and taste.
• Speaker in Poetry : the poet, an imagined character, a creature or even an object.
• Style : the way a writer writes. An individual writer’s style is original and unlike any other.
• Symbolism : the use of symbols to represent ideas or meanings. They are imbued with certain qualities often only interpretable through context . 

Other Resources 

• Read: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1834)
• Listen: Romanticism Introduction
• Watch: History of Ideas—Romanticism  

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Walt Whitman’s Romantic thinking and Its Characteristic

Walt Whitman’s poetry is highly influenced by the Romantic ideas. Like other romantic poets, the subjects of his poetry were often ordinary people and from low life. As a democratic poet, he truly uses language of the ordinary people which he feels can express the inner feeling of an ordinary man about his day-to-day life. Following the romantics, he wants the poetry to be the spontaneous expression of the poet’s own subjective feeling and it should not follow the poetic convention of classical doctrines. In his poem “I Hear America Singing,” Walt Whitman describes how carpenters, mechanics, and shoemakers are singing and language he uses in the poem is simple, which everyone can easily get the idea of the author. He uses free verse in almost all his poetry, which he feels a poet can express himself/herself spontaneously. For him, using traditional poetic convention may fail to express the inner feelings of the poet and the poetry following the poetic convention of classical doctrines will make the poetry artificial. The following is the best example for his usage of simple language: “Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else” (9). “I Hear America Singing" is the best example to prove Walt Whitman as a romantic poet and the very title itself is a brilliant and beautiful romantic image. He is remembered as an important romantic poet because how he formed his poetry that is very different from the other poets.

Whitman’s Unique Writing Style

Ordinary people are often become the subjects of Romantic Poetry. Whitman uses ordinary people doing ordinary jobs as his subjects in most of his poems. He believes that everyday life and people can be the best subjects for his poetry. Taking subjects from rustic life or among common people is one of the major characteristics of romantic poetry. His practice of using subjects from the day-to-day life makes us to link him with Wordsworth. In his poem, “I Hear America Singing,” Whitman uses subjects like carpenter, mechanic, mason, boatman, woodcutter, shoemaker, etc. Here are a few lines for examples: “The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam / The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work” (3-4). His theme of poetry itself is very simple and the title of this poem itself reveals the poetry is about the low life of the ordinary people in America.

Walt Whitman’s Romantic Thinking in His Poems

Walt Whitman has revealed his Romantic thinking in almost all of his poetry. One among them is “A Noiseless, Patient Spider.” This poem is packed with all characteristics of romanticism like emotion, individualism, love, nature, introspection etc. Here Whitman describes how a spider constructing its web and explains how it spreads its filament to connect and form a web. The spider is depicted as a metaphor for soul by explaining how it tirelessly throws out the filament to connect his strings. The repetition of the word filament gives the rhyming effect to the poetry: “filament, filament, filament” (4). The poet uses spider web to connect the life of spider and human being. Like spider, human beings are trying “ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing,—seeking the spheres, to connect them” (8). The spider spreads its thread to connect his web; likewise, human beings are trying to connect their soul with the world continuously. In the following lines, he uses words like ‘bridge’ and ‘anchor’ to get support for his argument human soul is trying to spread its connection to its surrounding: “Till the bridge you will need, be form’d—till the ductile anchor hold / Till the gossamer thread you fling, catch somewhere, O my soul” (9-10). The essence of emotion is evidently presented when the speaker tries to find connection for his own soul with external world. A sense of individualism is obviously depicted when the speaker proclaims his own soul and its journey through the world. One of the romantic aspects is nature and it is clearly used in this poem by comparing the spider’s work to human being’s work. The creative energy has spread all over the lines of this poem. Introspection is effectively used by depicting how speaker tries to find the patient spider as an example and find a parallel with his life.

Works Cited

Whitman, Walt. Complete poetry and collected prose. New York, New York: Literary Classics of the United States, 1982. Print. Whitman, Walt, Sculley Bradley, and Harold William Blodgett. Leaves of grass: authoritative texts, prefaces, Whitman on his art, criticism. New York: Norton, 1973. Print.

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Romance is the language of love. It is the way that you show your partner that you care about them. Every person has their own idea of what they might consider romantic. For some it will be dressing up for the other or buying flowers or jewelry. There is no way to know what is romantic without knowing the person. Romance is created by the feeling that you are genuinely cared about. All romance has one thing in common; it must show the other person that you care enough to find out what is meaningful to them.

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Love poems for her (poetry examples that will make women swoon)

I should probably collect a list of the best romantic poems ever written, and maybe I will. This is not that. I mostly talk about writing books, but I noticed most of the other big writing sites actually get most of the their traffic from this keyword, because everybody is interested in romantic poetry! When you want to tell her how you feel, but don’t have the words to express all that emotion…

I’m actually playing around with a love poem generator , so you can write unique poetry in a flash. It should be pretty cool. Today I was just playing around with random prompts and examples, and figured I’d post them here. I’m adding romantic artwork I’ve made in midjourney . They’re a little weird, because I write dark fantasy novels.

write a romantic poem in the style of emily dickinson

A love that I can’t explain A feeling I can barely contain My heart so full of emotion My feelings, so often in motion

It’s like a sweet summer’s breeze Weaving through the trees Bringing with it a gentle calm A feeling that can do no harm

The way it fills me with joy As if I’m a new found toy My heart so full of bliss I’m at a complete loss for words

The perfect love for me Is the one that sets me free Where I can be myself And know that I’m loved for me

Your love is like a warm embrace Filling me with grace Your kindness shines so bright That I am filled with delight

Your love so full of life It’s like a never-ending light It brings me comfort and peace A feeling that will never cease

write a rhyming creative romance poem

My love for you, like a river, flows My heart it swells, as I’m exposed To your beauty, like a star, aglow Your presence, like a melody, I know

Your words, like sweet honey, they roll My soul they touch, my love they console Your laughter, like the music of birds My soul it stirs and my heart it heard

Your beauty, like a rainbow, divine My eyes they marvel, my heart they entwine Your kiss, like a flame, it burns A love, like no other, for me it yearns

My love for you, ever true My heart, forever, belongs to you.

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Desire beauty, my girlfriend sweet, The kind I will never forget. Your soft lips, your gentle eyes, Your beauty, I can’t deny. My love for you is ever strong, Our bond, it will never be gone. Your gentle touch, your loving heart, Our love will never be apart. Your beauty cause my heart to sing, Your grace, my heart it will always bring.

Your beauty, it is so divine,

Our love, in it I shine.

Your beauty, it is so sublime, It’s you, that I forever climb.

Your love, with it I align.

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My desire for beauty grows each day,

Girlfriend of mine, you take my breath away,

Your eyes like emeralds, shining so bright,

And your lips are so soft, just right, Your beauty knows no bounds, It’s no wonder my heart pounds, My love for you grows, with each passing hour,

Our love will last through sun and shower.

Your eyes, so bright and blue, A delicate beauty, to view Your smile like a gentle breeze Your laugh, a sweet symphony

When I’m away, I’m still with you Your beauty, a song I strum For you, I have a special fondness Your spirit, a boon I succumb

Your grace, a blessing of light Your face, a glorious sight Your heart, a vessel of love My feelings, from above

Like a rose, you fill the air Your beauty, a thing I can’t compare Your love, a warmth I can’t resist This feeling, I can’t dismiss

My heart, I give to you A love, I can’t construe My arms, I wrap around you Our love, I hope we renew

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A romance so sweet, a tale of two hearts A love that never fades or falls apart

We spend our days together, side by side Exploring and learning, with each other we confide

We laugh together and we kiss and hug The joy of our love is always enough

Our story grows more beautiful with each day We carry our love in every way

Our time together is always so divine Our hearts are forever intertwined

We’re connected in ways that no one can see Our love is always here, just you and me

As I look into your eyes, it’s like a starry night sky The love that I feel for you, is sure to never die.

Whenever we are together, it’s like nothing else matters Your beauty, your touch, I could never be madder.

You make me feel so alive, my heart is full of glee Your love has changed my life, it’s like a dream come true to me.

Our love has grown so strong, I’m in awe of how it’s been It keeps me safe and warm, like a magic spell you’ve spun.

I love you more than words can say, This is true

write a short rhyming creative romance poem

My love for you grows more each day An emotion that is here to stay Your eyes are like stars in the night Your beauty takes away my fright

Your touch is like a gentle breeze Your kiss makes my heart skip a beat The way you look at me so tenderly Makes me feel so loved, eternally

Your embrace is one I will never forget Your love for me I never regret As I feel for you a deep connection I am blessed with your sweet affection.

write a short modern rhyming creative romance poem

Our hearts beat in unison, Each day a sweet surprise, The love that we share so freely, Grows with each sunrise.

Though we may have our differences, We always find a way, To make our love even stronger, For us, everyday.

Our days are filled with laughter, Our lives complete with bliss, And when we’re feeling lonely, We always have a kiss.

Our love is like a fire, It never fades away, It’s the one thing that’s constant, In our lives, night and day.

My love is a sweet melody, That I hear in the morning breeze. It’s a song of beauty and bliss, That fills me with a sense of peace.

My love is a warm embrace, That keeps me safe in any place. It’s a love that’s strong and true, And I’ll cherish it my whole life through.

write a rhyming romance poem about hamburgers

Burgers so juicy, they make us swoon, Lovely buns, crisp lettuce and onions soon, We’ve shared a meal and a tender kiss, Grateful for this moment of bliss. The sizzle of grills, the aroma so sweet, We’ve found love in this special treat. Our hearts full of joy, our bellies full too, Our love for each other is so very true.

Burgers so divine, they make me swoon, I just wanna be with them all afternoon. I love the way they look and smell, Makes my heart swell and swell.

The juicy patty, the buns so soft, My appetite is just aloft. I can’t help but take a bite, Making me feel so right.

The flavor so exquisite, so succulent, My mouth is so content. This love affair with burgers and me, Will never ever cease to be.

Burger was my one true love, Its golden brown buns made me swoon My heart sang when I got a bite, And I never wanted the night to end so soon.

It satisfied me from head to toe, Its taste was more than I could ask for Its patty so juicy and its cheese so gooey, And it filled me with so much more.

Whenever I took a bite of it, My heart would go on a wild ride It made me feel so alive and happy, And I could never find a burger so sublime.

Though it couldn’t talk or whisper sweet nothings, It was more than enough for me And I’ll never forget those sweet nights, It was the best love I could ever see.

write a romance poem about hamburgers in iambic pentameter

Our love for burgers is so strong, It’s no surprise that we belong, We make them at home, with love and care, Our relationship is so rare.

We’ll share a meal of burgers, fries, And all the condiments we like, Our love is sealed with a ketchup kiss, We’ll never again feel bliss.

write a Free verse creative romance poem

The sun is setting, Our love is glowing, The stars are twinkling, Our love is growing, Your hand in mine, Your heart so kind, Our love is so divine, It’s too beautiful to define.

write a love sonnet, creative romance poem

Your love is like a pleasant summer breeze That whistles through the branches of the trees. It’s gentle touch that sends shivers down my spine Your love is deeper than the clearest brine.

Your love is like a ray of sunshine bright That warms me through the long and chilly night. It’s like a sunrise, bringing hope anew Your love is something that I can’t undo.

write a Villanelle creative romance poem

The roses wilted, so did my love for her, The sunset sky faded, but not my burning desire Amidst a broken heart, I still loved her,

My heart once raced, and I felt so alive But now I’m nothing, a broken mess of a man, The roses wilted, so did my love for her,

My actions cold, yet I’m still filled with fire Though I’m alone, I still feel your embrace Amidst a broken heart, I still loved her,

The pain of distance, I cannot deny But these feelings are stronger, and I can’t turn them away The roses wilted, so did my love for her,

My heart was broken, and I couldn’t breathe But I still wanted you, even when I couldn’t see Amidst a broken heart, I still loved her,

The world around us, it will wither and die But my love for you, will never expire The roses wilted, so did my love for her, Amidst a broken heart, I still loved her.

Our love, a secret never to be told The sweetest of feelings that can’t be denied A love so strong, it will not ever fold

The fire of our passions burning so bold Into each others arms we will abide Our love, a secret never to be told

A deep embrace, and a kiss that’s so cold The feeling of love is no longer denied A love so strong, it will not ever fold

We can’t help but to feel the stories untold That will never be uttered nor applied Our love, a secret never to be told

The beauty of love, that’s never been sold The feeling of faith and not being denied A love so strong, it will not ever fold

Though we can’t be together, our love is so bold A secret that must forever be denied Our love, a secret never to be told A love so strong, it will not ever fold

write a short love letter to my crush

Dear [Crush],

I’ve been thinking about you a lot lately and I just wanted to tell you how much I care about you. Every time I see you my heart skips a beat and I can’t help but smile. I’m so lucky to know someone as wonderful as you.

You bring out the best in me and I’m grateful for that. Being with you is always so much fun and I look forward to all of our future adventures together. I want you to know that I’m here for you no matter what.

I’m so in love with you, [Crush], and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for us.

Love always, [Your Name]

write a moving apology letter to my ex

I want to start by saying how sorry I am for the way I acted. I never meant to hurt you, and I never wanted to be the cause of any of your pain. I know that I said and did things that made you feel bad and I regret it more than you know.

I can see now how wrong I was to take you for granted. I thought that you would always be there for me, no matter what. I never stopped to think about how my words and actions would affect you. I was so wrapped up in my own emotions that I didn’t think about how you were feeling.

I know that I can’t go back and undo all of the damage, but I want you to know that I am truly sorry. I have learned a lot from this experience and I am determined to do better in the future. I hope that one day you can forgive me and that we can find a way to move forward, in whatever way is best for both of us.

Sincerely, [Your Name]

Write an epic sweet clever birthday poem iambic

Twas a day of mirth and joy, When the birthday girl was born, The world was bathed in love and light, A joyous day to adorn.

The sky was bright and blue, The stars shone down in glee, As the birthday girl arrived, To make the world more free.

Her smile was ever bright, Her eyes were full of cheer, She brought joy to all around, Throughout each passing year.

So let us raise a glass, In honor of this day, For our dearest beloved, Who brings us joy in every way.

write a friendly happy birthday poem for my niece

Happy Birthday my sweet niece, you bring joy and delight, Your presence is a blessing, Your laughter a delight.

Your birthday brings us joy, It’s a chance to celebrate, We’re proud of all you’ve done, And all that you create.

Happy Birthday, we wish you, Peace, love and happiness too, We hope you have a wonderful day, And a great year for you.

All these love poems were written with openAI’s GPT-3

It’s pretty fun to play with, so I built a love poem generator tool so you can write custom, personalized romantic poetry, put it in a nice font against a pretty background, and send it to someone you care about…

PS I think my love poem generator is down right now, so try this free AI writing tool – just tell it what kind of poem you want, who for, any specific details, and it will write you a poem in seconds!

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Love poems for her

Famous historical romance poetry.

“How Do I Love Thee?” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1850) How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of everyday’s Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints,—I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life!—and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.

“Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare (1609) Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

“Sonnet 116” by William Shakespeare (1609) Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wand’ring bark, Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken. Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle’s compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

“Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe (1849) It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love— I and my Annabel Lee— With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsman came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me— Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we— Of many far wiser than we— And neither the angels in Heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea

“She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron (1815) She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o’er her face; Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o’er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent!

“When You Are Old” by W.B. Yeats (1892) When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

“Ode to a Nightingale” by John Keats (1819) My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk: ‘Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness,— That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, Singest of summer in full-throated ease.

“Love’s Philosophy” by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1819) The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the ocean, The winds of heaven mix forever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In another’s being mingle— Why not I with thine?

See, the mountains kiss high heaven, And the waves clasp one another; No sister-flower would be forgiven If it disdained its brother; And the sunlight clasps the earth, And the moonbeams kiss the sea;— What are all these kissings worth, If thou kiss not me?

“Wild Nights! Wild Nights!” by Emily Dickinson (1861) Wild nights – Wild nights! Were I with thee Wild nights should be Our luxury!

Futile – the winds – To a Heart in port – Done with the Compass – Done with the Chart!

Rowing in Eden – Ah – the Sea! Might I but moor – tonight – In thee!

“To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell (1681) Had we but world enough and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love’s day. Thou by the Indian Ganges’ side Shouldst rubies find; I by the tide Of Humber would complain. I would Love you ten years before the Flood, And you should, if you please, refuse Till the conversion of the Jews. My vegetable love should grow Vaster than empires and more slow; An hundred years should go to praise Thine eyes, and on thy forehead gaze; Two hundred to adore each breast, But thirty thousand to the rest; An age at least to every part, And the last age should show your heart. For, lady, you deserve this state, Nor would I love at lower rate. But at my back I always hear Time’s wingèd chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity. Thy beauty shall no more be found; Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound My echoing song; then worms shall try That long-preserved virginity, And your quaint honour turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust; The grave’s a fine and private place, But none, I think, do there embrace. Now therefore, while the youthful hue Sits on thy skin like morning dew, And while thy willing soul transpires At every pore with instant fires, Now let us sport us while we may, And now, like amorous birds of prey, Rather at once our time devour Than languish in his slow-chapped power. Let us roll all our strength and all Our sweetness up into one ball, And tear our pleasures with rough strife Through the iron gates of life: Thus, though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run.

“The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Marlowe (1599) Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods or steepy mountain yields.

And we will sit upon the rocks, Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow steroids for sale Melodious birds sing madrigals.

And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle;

A gown made of the finest wool Which from our pretty lambs we pull; Fair lined slippers for the cold, With buckles of the purest gold;

A belt of straw and ivy buds, With coral clasps and amber studs: And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me, and be my love.

The shepherd swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning: If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my love.

“I Carry Your Heart With Me” by E. E. Cummings (1952)

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling) i fear no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

PS. I adore (good) poetry, short and strong and powerful. I’ll have to make a list of favorites – things you can memorize and recite to impress people – but for now check out christy ann martine or grab her poetry book.

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Poemas Para Enamorar: The Art Of Winning Hearts Through Poetry

Poemas para enamorar are a beautiful way to express love and affection. In a world where emotions can sometimes be difficult to convey, poetry serves as a bridge that connects hearts. The rhythm, the words, and the sentiment behind each line can make a lasting impression that transcends the ordinary expressions of love. In this article, we will explore the significance of romantic poetry, how it can be used to enchant a loved one, and some examples that you can use to woo the person who has captured your heart.

Romantic poetry has a rich history, dating back to ancient times, where poets would write verses to express their deepest feelings. Today, in a fast-paced world, the beauty of poetry remains timeless. Whether it’s for a special occasion or just to show appreciation for someone you love, a well-crafted poem can make all the difference. We will delve into different styles of romantic poetry, notable poets, and tips on writing your own poemas para enamorar.

As we journey through the world of love poems, we will also provide insights into how you can personalize these poems to make them resonate more with your loved one. By the end of this article, you will not only appreciate the art of poetry but also have the tools to create your own magical verses. So, let’s begin our exploration of poemas para enamorar!

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What is romantic poetry, history of romantic poetry, famous romantic poets, types of romantic poetry, how to write a poem, examples of love poems, personalizing your poem.

Romantic poetry is a genre that emphasizes emotion, individualism, and the beauty of nature. It often explores themes of love, passion, and the complexities of human relationships. This type of poetry allows the poet to express their feelings in a way that resonates with others, making it a powerful form of communication.

One of the defining characteristics of romantic poetry is its focus on the personal experience of love. Poets often draw from their own emotions, creating a deeply intimate connection with the reader. The imagery and metaphors used in romantic poetry can evoke strong feelings, allowing the reader to experience love in a profound way.

In essence, romantic poetry serves as an exploration of love in all its forms, from the blissful moments of infatuation to the pain of heartbreak. It allows individuals to express their innermost feelings and share their unique experiences with others.

The history of romantic poetry can be traced back to the late 18th century and early 19th century, during the Romantic era. This movement arose as a response to the Industrial Revolution and the rationalism of the Enlightenment. Poets sought to emphasize emotion, nature, and the individual’s connection to the universe.

During this time, poets like William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and John Keats emerged as some of the most influential figures in romantic poetry. They explored themes of love, beauty, and the sublime, often using nature as a backdrop for their expressions of affection.

Romantic poetry has evolved over the years, influencing various literary movements and inspiring countless poets. Today, it remains a beloved genre that continues to resonate with readers around the world.

Several poets have made significant contributions to the world of romantic poetry. Here are a few notable figures:

• William Wordsworth: Known for his emphasis on nature and emotions, Wordsworth's poems often touch on themes of love and the beauty of the natural world.
• John Keats: Keats is celebrated for his sensual imagery and exploration of beauty and love in his work, particularly in poems like "Ode to a Nightingale."
• Lord Byron: Byron's passionate verses often reflect themes of love and longing, making him a quintessential romantic poet.
• Emily Dickinson: Although she wrote in a different era, Dickinson's poetry often explores the complexities of love and relationships in a unique and profound way.

Romantic poetry encompasses various forms and styles. Here are two popular types:

Sonnets are a traditional form of poetry that consists of 14 lines, typically written in iambic pentameter. They often follow a specific rhyme scheme and are used to express deep emotions, including love. The sonnet form allows poets to convey their feelings succinctly and powerfully.

Free verse poetry does not adhere to a specific structure or rhyme scheme, allowing poets to express their thoughts and emotions freely. This form of poetry is often more personal and can capture the nuances of love in a unique way.

Writing a romantic poem may seem daunting, but with a few simple steps, you can create a beautiful piece that expresses your feelings:

• Start with Inspiration: Think about what inspires you. This could be a memory, a feeling, or even a specific moment with your loved one.
• Choose Your Form: Decide whether you want to write a sonnet, free verse, or another form. Each has its own unique style and can convey different emotions.
• Use Imagery: Paint a picture with your words. Use metaphors and similes to create vivid images that resonate with the reader.
• Be Authentic: Write from the heart. Authenticity is key to creating a poem that truly reflects your feelings.
• Edit and Revise: Don’t be afraid to revisit your poem. Editing can help refine your thoughts and enhance the overall impact of your work.

Here are a few short examples of poemas para enamorar that you can use or draw inspiration from:

1. Sonnet of Love My heart is but a canvas, you the brush, With every stroke, you paint my soul anew. In colors bright, our passions softly hush, With every glance, I find my love in you.

2. Free Verse In the silence of the night, I hear your laughter echoing softly, A melody that dances in my heart, Reminding me of the love we share.

To make your poem even more special, consider personalizing it with specific details that are meaningful to your relationship:

• Include Memories: Reference special moments you’ve shared together.
• Use Nicknames: Incorporate any affectionate nicknames you use for each other.
• Express Future Aspirations: Talk about your hopes and dreams together.

In conclusion, poemas para enamorar are a timeless way to express love and affection. Whether you choose to write your own or share the works of famous poets, the power of romantic poetry can deepen connections and create lasting memories. Don’t hesitate to put pen to paper and let your emotions flow. Your heartfelt words may just be what your loved one needs to feel cherished and adored.

We invite you to share your thoughts in the comments below. Have you ever written a poem for someone special? We’d love to hear your experiences! If you enjoyed this article, consider sharing it with others who may benefit from the beauty of romantic poetry.

Thank you for reading, and we hope to see you again soon for more insights into the world of poetry and love!

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