He married his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm, in 1835, but lost her to tuberculosis when she was only 20. Much of Poe's published work is said to be influenced by the death of his young wife.

And the love story is clearly not a main focus of “Iliad,” as Troilus is dead by the time the poem begins. “For me, though, it’s more about everybody’s individual struggle with the monster of war,” ...

The old crowd knew their place. Don’t say a word. Quick now. The table’s free. Good evening, ladies. Do ignore us. Thank you. Sean O'Brien's most recent collection of poems, Embark ...

And hid his face amid a crowd of stars. William Butler Yeats, widely considered one of the greatest poets of the English language, received the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature. His work was greatly ...

Pride Month is also a time to honor the many contributions of LGBTQ individuals. Explore the rich tradition of LGBTQ poets and poetry through a showcase of audio, video, poetry, and prose. In this ...

The First World War inspired profound poetry, words in which the atmosphere and landscape of battle were evoked perhaps more vividly than ever before. The First World War poets – many of whom lost ...

Helen Russell began her career at just eight and was one of the last surviving Second World War links to ENSA, the elite ...

Press release Speakers, including poets and academics, at a seminar said on Wednesday that readers needed political understanding to read poet Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah’s poems. The event was ...

She married at age seven, and after an unhappy marriage ... Mohammad Sadiq Qalandar and Baba Asaruddin Quadiri. Her enigmatic poetry (composed in a mix of old Kashmiri, Sanskrit and Persian ...

I Am Maria: My Poems and Reflections on Heartbreak, Healing, and Hope' will hit bookshelves on April 1, 2025 Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

“Old age should burn and rave at close of day,” wrote the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” If Donald Trump has ever read that poem — an unlikely ...