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Robert Frost portrait

Robert Frost

EnglishEarly 20th centuryUnited States
25 poems32 analyses
William Shakespeare portrait

William Shakespeare

EnglishElizabethan EraKingdom of England
22 poems26 analyses
علامہ اقبال portrait

علامہ اقبالAllama Muhammad Iqbal

Urdu20th centuryBritish Raj
22 poems23 analyses
Stephen L. Harrison portrait

Stephen L. Harrison

EnglishContemporary
15 poems15 analyses
T. S. Eliot portrait

T. S. Eliot

EnglishModernistUnited States
15 poems16 analyses
جون ایلیا portrait

جون ایلیاJaun Elia

Urdu20th centuryPakistan
13 poems14 analyses
Antonio Machado portrait

Antonio Machado

SpanishGeneration of '98Spain
11 poems11 analyses
Mirza Ghalib portrait

Mirza Ghalib

Urdu19th centuryMughal Empire
10 poems12 analyses
Dante Alighieri portrait

Dante Alighieri

ItalianLate Middle AgesRepublic of Florence
9 poems9 analyses
امرؤ القيس portrait

امرؤ القيسImru' al-Qais

ArabicPre-Islamic ArabianNajd, Saudi Arabia
9 poems10 analyses
احمد فراز portrait

احمد فرازAhmad Faraz

Hindi20th centuryPakistan
8 poems9 analyses
الإمام الشافعي portrait

الإمام الشافعيMuhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i

ArabicIslamic Golden AgeGaza City
8 poems8 analyses
Charles Baudelaire portrait

Charles Baudelaire

French19th century, ModernistFrance
7 poems7 analyses
Francesco Petrarca portrait

Francesco Petrarca

Italian14th century, Italian RenaissanceRepublic of Florence
7 poems8 analyses
Giacomo Leopardi portrait

Giacomo Leopardi

ItalianOttocentoPapal States
7 poems7 analyses
Victor Hugo portrait

Victor Hugo

French19th century, RomanticismFrance
7 poems7 analyses
Miya Mallard portrait

Miya Mallard

English21st Century
6 poems7 analyses
Walt Whitman portrait

Walt Whitman

English19th CenturyUnited States
6 poems6 analyses
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