Below, we’ve selected ten of the greatest and most representative poems of the twentieth century, to act as a sort of introduction to a busy century in literary development and innovation.
Below, we’ve selected ten of the greatest and most representative poems of the twentieth century, to act as a sort of introduction to a busy century in literary development and innovation. We’ve confined ourselves to poetry written in English, so haven’t covered anything written in French or other languages, even though someone like Guillaume Apollinaire could easily have been included in any list of the greatest twentieth-century poems.