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10 Famous Poems About Death

1

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He...

Robert Frost

2

Sailing to Byzantium

That is no country for old men. The youngIn one another’s arms, birds in the...

W. B. Yeats

3

Because I could not stop for Death

Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage...

Emily Dickinson

4

It was many and many a year ago,In a kingdom by the sea,That a maiden there...

Edgar Allan Poe

5

O Captain! My Captain!

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,The ship has weather’d every...

Walt Whitman

6

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,Prevent the dog from barking with...

W. H. Auden

7

Death, Be Not Proud [Holy Sonnet X]

Death, be not proud, though some have called theeMighty and dreadful, for...

John Donne

8

’Twas brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe;All mimsy...

Lewis Carroll

9

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close...

Dylan Thomas