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Howl and Other Poems

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"Probably one of the--if not the most important American Poet.(If there are any....)"
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Ariel

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4.19 avg rating — 88,941 ratings
"I think Plath never really got the recognition she deserved, because she had the great misfortune of Marrying Hughes...."
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Shakespeare's Sonnets

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4.25 avg rating — 112,077 ratings
"Shakespeare probably wrote these for other people who could not write poetry--they are full of wit--most of it aimed at those same people...."
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The Waste Land and Other Poems

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4.22 avg rating — 73,514 ratings
"Once you figure out the whole tarot card thing, it's really pretty simple. "
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Songs of Innocence and of E...

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4.09 avg rating — 51,832 ratings
"One has to admire Blake's audacity at illustrating his own poems. He probably could not get published today."
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Paradise Lost

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3.85 avg rating — 181,542 ratings
"Book IV...nuff said."
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The Rime of the Ancient Mar...

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3.97 avg rating — 62,562 ratings
"A sentimental favorite; it should be set to music."
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Collected Poems

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4.19 avg rating — 18,311 ratings
"Few poets have loved the language so much and treated it so badly."
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The Divine Comedy: Inferno ...

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4.08 avg rating — 171,224 ratings
"Just the Inferno; it's the most fun."
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The Canterbury Tales

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"Unless you've read Chaucer, you can't understand Shakespeare...."
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The Portable Dorothy Parker

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"Dorothy Parker and Sylvia Plath should always be read together."
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