Sonnet 1 by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s first sonnet, ‘From fairest creatures we desire increase,’ serves to introduce many of the themes which echo through the rest of the collection.
Huw Thomas
Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats
‘Ode on a Grecian Urn,’ an ekphrastic poem, is one of John Keats’ “Great Odes of 1819.” “Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all,” a line that captures the essence of Keats’ confidence in the power of art.
Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson
The dramatic monologue ‘Ulysses’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson presents the indomitable courage and adventurous zeal of old Ulysses: a man of adventure.
