‘Sonnet 130’ is a little less well-known than ‘Sonnet 18,’ but most lovers of poetry would recognize it from the opening lines: Like with ‘Sonnet 18,’ ‘Sonnet 130’ is easy to remember due to Shakespeare’s consistent use of iambic pentameter and the rhyme scheme of ABABCDCDEFEFGG. The internal rhymes also make it easy to remember. It is longer than a few of the others on this list but its nonsensical language makes it a pleasure to read over and over again. ‘Jabberwocky’ is certainly Lewis Carrol’s most famous poem.
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,Īnd wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command Stand in the desert…Near them, on the sand, Who said-“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone At only fourteen lines, ‘Ozymandias’ is easy to memorize. He describes visiting that land and seeing the half-buried statue of a great leader. In it, he describing meting a trailer form “an antique land,” likely Egypt. In the opinion of some, this is Shelley’s best short poem. Here are the first two lines of the poem:ĭeath, be not proud, though some have called thee In it, John personifies death and depicts “him” as something that we should not be afraid of. This poem is also known as ‘Holy Sonnet 10’. The melancholic but beautiful language makes memorizing this poem a pleasure. His poem is about a fork in the road in a speaker’s life and his choice to take one particular path. He uses language that is easy to understand and relate to. ‘The Road Not Taken’ is likely Frost’s most popular poem. This particular poem is so popular that the opening lines are becoming a cliche. Shakespeare’s poetry, and his plays, are easy to memorize due to his consistent use of rhyme schemes and iambic pentameter or at the very least blank verse. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,Īnd summer’s lease hath all too short a date Here are the first lines of the poem:Īnyone, not just lovers of poetry, will likely know at least a few lines from ‘ Sonnet 18’. Plus, it’s not too long at only four stanzas of six lines each. ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud,’ sometimes known as ‘Daffodils’ is a beautiful and uplifting poem that speaks about life, love, and happy memories in moments of despair. The first poem on this list is one of the most popular and the easiest to love. ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ by William Wordsworth 23 ‘Casey at the Bat’ by Ernest Lawrence Thayer.22 ‘Oh Captain! My Captain!’ by Walt Whitman.21 ‘Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey’ by William Wordsworth.19 ‘A Psalm of Life’ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.18 ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson.17 ‘Ode to a Grecian Urn’ by John Keats.16 ‘Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night’ by Dylan Thomas.14 ‘Because I could not stop for Death’ by Emily Dickinson.13 ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’ by Robert Frost.9 ‘Sonnet 43: How do I love thee?’ by Elizabeth Barret Browning.1 ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ by William Wordsworth.
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