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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
24 Poems28 Analyses
علامہ اقبال portrait

علامہ اقبالAllama Muhammad Iqbal

Urdu20th centuryBritish Raj
23 Poems24 Analyses
T. S. Eliot portrait

T. S. Eliot

EnglishModernistUnited States
16 Poems17 Analyses
Stephen L. Harrison portrait

Stephen L. Harrison

EnglishContemporary
15 Poems15 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 Poems11 Analyses
William Blake portrait

William Blake

EnglishRomanticUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
8 Poems11 Analyses
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