Jonathan Swift Poems

Jonathan Swift was a satirist and essayist. He also wrote poetry and worked as an Anglican cleric. He’s remembered for A Tale of Tub and A Modest Proposal. Furthermore, he’s regarded as one of the best English satirists, using a deadpan, ironic style of writing. To this day, his satire is enjoyed by a wide audience.

A Description of the Morning

by Jonathan Swift

‘A Description of the Morning’ by Jonathan Swift describes the various events happening one morning in London’s West End in the early 1700s.

A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General

by Jonathan Swift

‘A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General’ by Jonathan Swift is a thirty-two line poem that

On the Day of Judgment

by Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift’s acerbic poem ‘On the Day of Judgment’ is about a speaker’s vision of the judgment day with Jove or Jupiter giving his final ruling on humankind’s offenses.