Famous Poets
By: Aristyn Sanders
One of Robert Frosts Poems
Robert Frost
•
He describes New England nature
in his poems “Birches’ and
‘Mending Wall”
•
He portrays a winter scene in
“Stopping by Woods on a snowy
Evening
•
He also wrote “The Road Not
Taken”
•
He read his poem “The Gift
Outright” at President Kennedy’s
inauguration
E.E Cummings
• He was known for
his unusual
punctuation
• He wrote the
poems
“Somewhere I
Have Never
Traveled’’ and “I
Carry Your Heart
With Me.’’
E.E Cummings poem
“I Carry Your Heart
with Me”
Carl Sandburg's poem Fog
Carl Sandburg
• Two of his famous poems
were “Fog” and “Chicago”
• He wrote the poems a sixvolume biography of
Abraham Lincoln
Shel Silverstein
poem A Giraffe and
a Half
Shel Silverstein
• This poet and songwriter’s
early works included A Giraffe
and a half and Uncle Shelby’s
ABZ
• He collected his poems in
Falling Up, A Light in the Attic,
and Where the Sidewalk Ends
• He wrote and illustrated The
Giving Tree
A poem of Phyllis Wheatley
Phyllis Wheatley
• This poet was born in Africa
before being brought to
America
• She was taught to read and
write by the Boston family
that owned her
• She was the first African
American poet to have her
poems published in America
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