But the best poems are as visceral and affective as any lyrics ... So here, for your enjoyment, is a list of what I consider the ten most metal poems. Rather than comment on why they’re metal, I ...

Wilfred Owen wrote the first draft of his most famous work in the autumn of 1917 while recovering from shell-shock in a Scottish hospital. Completed in 1918, the poem includes horrific ...

The poem is about the loss of a beloved friend ... speech without realising they’re actually quoting one of the most famous British writers. Image caption, Two roads diverged in a wood, and ...

Among Rossetti’s best known poems is this short work about one of the plants most associated with the Christmas season. Our idea of what Santa Claus looks like comes from a variety of places ...

His poem Love In Their Little Veins Inspires is about the seasonal nature of love in birds. Nicholas Rowe was a popular figure in eighteenth-century literary circles and a great friend of poet ...