Here are a selection of classic poems that are studied in high school. Enjoy.
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Please add William Blake. That dude knows how to play with words. He doesn't conform with the language rules.
"On his blindness" i love this poem as far as i understand how does John have passion about writing and he uses as the way of praising GOD n after he lost his eye sight he feel sorry as he wz craying to GOD that how he gonna write n praise him through writing n GOD reveal something to him that GOD post worse ppl thn him n r praising GOD on that situation that reveals the Power of GOD un2us and the World
I hope thi poems can help us becos we dp on his blindness at school,i love it a lot.thanks by mr THABANG MODISE A,K,A MR LOONEY D FROM THUTO BOSWA SECONDARY SCHOOL,MATRIC 2013
Guys :( ur poetry really sucks, we want love(H):} so make sure dat u wryt love poems (H)(H)(x)(x)(H)
Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.Or bends with the remover to remove.O no,it is an ever-fixed mark
If i may, let me not speak of the litrature given to us, yet let me speak of the guidance these words in writing give to us. The poems in here are mostly read in high schools. But i ask of you to fall in love with the written voice and listen with your hearts and souls, poetry is a great tool to have, it can make and destroy things depending on the writers heart. This platform here is a great way to get good poetry, but cry out loud for let us not forget our fore fathers of poetry, but in this platform let us embraise the new fathers of poetry which is us.
i like the poem by John Milton,on his blindness.It inspires me alot when i go through the bio of the poet.
Hi, i want to suggest that give us some chances to write our poem here please give us that opportunities coz there many people who are talented on writting poems
Hi, i'm a young male and i think i have a talent on writting poems i have some poems that i wrote. So i wish one day they will be published and i wish for that opportunity
Big ups 2 da shutterworth foundation 4 makin dis a success becoz nw itz easier 2 read nd itz much exciting 2 read 4rm our mobile making it easier 2 learn. King lear is our set book dis year nd i had a hard tym readin da novel coz it ws a shakespearen language bt thanx 2 da yoza programme itz in simple english nd itz very understandable. Gud work guyz big up:D
I remembr my last year at skwl,dwng grade 12 at MAKGETSE HIGH SKWL...WS DWNG DIS POEM YA THE WORLD IS 2 MUCH WTH US...DA TEACHER WS ENTERTAINING US WHLE TEACHNG,M GNG CRAZY KA DAT POEM ND AL DAT WROTE BY SHAKESPEARE...
Vani poems is mar fokken vervelig,mar anneres is befok jong....x wil nu net se GYA`hule as jule di l33s muni vigeet vn vinaand ni...vinaand gebeuri k@k ini DaLe!...mwah* jule
I would really enjoy and and apprceciate seing s.a literature being upheld.we need to see poets like mak manaka,mangane serote,etc
I l0ve this stuff i n0w have a bigger appretiation 4 poetry thanx y0za an put sum m0r stuf in by william shakespear i l0o0ve his p0ems
Dz poems r veri gud n dey inspire much in us so w myght as wel sai mxt is nt ol abt chtn bt olso gainin experience.thnx guys iv learnt a lot
Don't worry about them poems...we should be gr8ful 2 the mxit crew for being so sponteneous n bring education on mxit hence we tend 2 4gt our books we might as well call mxit all in 1(edumxit)
You haters obviously don't know much about poetry...
I agree the poems go a bit off of the line where it comes to the specific themes, but otherwise they are really good!
Love it...
ja this is wat iv bn waitin 4 something that keeps our minds flowing wish the mxit team cn write codes for us to send vid's nw coz i m an animatr nd wl love to get my point and other ppls point across
It doesn't matter if u've read them in skul wat matters is dat thy r gud nd i lv them jst appriciate nd except dat u r nt gifted if u dnt lyk them.keep up da gud wrk
i did al these poems in wen matric, i wish we could be more original & write our own creative pieces.
Mending wall hs always bein my fav poem at skul,n i stl lv it even nw.iv always exeld wth it coz i lvd it.wow!those 2 neighbourz,( wth hs father's sayins dat he never 4get.wow i realy miss books,wsh i could go back 2 skul.
Awande Mangctshywa-dts nt my stuf bt i lv pms whch ar tlkng abt lv bt hey u r really rockng guy keep it up wel dne! (x)(H)
Some of yall guys are so shallow u jus dont appreciate the depth of these poems u just hav to read between the lines to appreciate the message the poet is tryin to convey mayb u dnt understan it coz u hav no depth at all
Plz stop wth nasty comments.i thnk if u did go 2skul u could hav luvd da poems. Especialy it helps those hu r stil in skul. So plz aniziphathe kahle peace .nd YOZA ROCKS!!
lol ha.a ur poemz r lame i only lyk 1 poem wch z da world z 2 much wit us cz i wz doin it at skul in grd 12
they are great reads,plus i also read them while i was at school,the took me back to my days in highschool,,fantastic
Elizabeth browning poemz rock, hw abt, hw du i lav thee? Dat a beautiful poem. There r poet n mxit shld gv them a chance anywae. Adawize u rock big tym. Big up bt we du nid lav poemz evn if i have2gv u my work! Classics r nt ayoba. Bt thnx YOZ4 gud work. ayobeeee
Azibhadlanga sheim uxolo ba manditsho:-D but yo storiez rock guyz;-) hai andignyi kwicala le poemz soriiii.........!(G)
Hai borin i'm nt a fan of poems nd i thnk dat u shld rather stick 2 da storiz bt yoza rocks holla(G)
OMG! ws dt mending wall n the world is 2 february wit us I saw on poems?? damn ds yoza ting wrocks de set.....Oh uhm If u realy wna learn englix optimaly n accuratley, switch 2 YOZA guys ul get sumtn out:P FACT: YOZA BOMBZ!
Yoza yoza rocka rolla rocka! U guys rly knw ur ride nè bt if u cld jst add Full Many A Glorious Morning Have I Seen, Since There's No Help, Human Seasons, Dover Beach, Hw Do I love thee! n Of coz! Ozymandias u'l b even mo rockin plz
Othr ppl r nt meant 4 poemz n i'm part of em, can't say they sucked coz they didn't i jst dnt lv poemz n dnt think i.l evr undrstand em. Keep up da gwd wrk guyz. Thingz 4 different ppl.
Read these poems on High School, you guys brought back memories of th good old days...:) Mrs Jenneker drilled every sentence in our heads class of '08!!
Wow!! Yoza have read my mind,it was my prayer that poetry b added on yoza my prayer is answered now.thanks to you yoza.YOU ROCK!!.keep up the good work.will you please give acces to young writers that they can be able to post their poetry and i wil b 1 of them,thank you.