12 must-read poetry books like Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost

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Acquainted with the Night

By: Robert Frost

4.08

Format: None pages, None

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1. William Wilson

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.79

Format: 26 pages, ebook

"William Wilson" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839, with a setting inspi… read more

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"Let me call myself, for the present, Willam Wilson"

-Edgar Allan Poe, William Wilson

"You have conquered, and I yield. Yet henceforward art thou also dead - dead to the world and its hopes. In me didst thou exist - and, in my death, see by this image, which is thine own, how utterly t…"

-Edgar Allan Poe, William Wilson

"Upon mankind at large the events of very early existence rarely leave in mature age any definite impression. All is gray shadow -- a weak and irregular remembrance -- and indistinct regathering of fe…"

-Edgar Allan Poe, William Wilson

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2. Annabel Lee

By: Edgar Allan Poe , Gilles Tibo

4.32

Format: 24 pages,

"Annabel Lee" is the last complete poem composed by American author Edgar Allan Poe. Like many of P… read more

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"I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love— I and my Annabel Lee—"

-Edgar Allan Poe, Annabel Lee

"For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but i feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee."

-Edgar Allan Poe, Annabel Lee

"But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we— Of many far wiser than we— And neither the angels in Heaven above Nor the demons down under the sea Can ever disseve…"

-Edgar Allan Poe, Annabel Lee

"But our love was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we Of many far wiser than we And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever m…"

-Edgar Allan Poe, Annabel Lee

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3. I Wander'd Lonely as a Cloud

By: William Wordsworth

4.14

Format: 120 pages,

Introduce young children to the timeless poetry of William Wordsworth, whose traditional verse is a… read more

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"I wandered lonely as a cloud"

-William Wordsworth, I Wander'd Lonely as a Cloud

"Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way."

-William Wordsworth, I Wander'd Lonely as a Cloud

"For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils."

-William Wordsworth, I Wander'd Lonely as a Cloud

"I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills When all at once I saw a crowd A host of golden daffodils Beside the lake beneath the trees Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."

-William Wordsworth, I Wander'd Lonely as a Cloud

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4. A Rose for Emily

By: William Faulkner

3.83

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Emily is a member of a family in the antebellum Southern aristocracy; after the Civil War, the fami… read more

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"So the next day we all said, “She will kill herself"

-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily

"She died in one of the downstairs rooms, in a heavy walnut bed with a curtain, her gray head propped on a pillow yellow and moldy with age and lack of sunlight."

-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily

"When the Negro opened the blinds of one window, they could see that the leather was cracked; and when they sat down, a faint dust rose sluggishly about their thighs, spinning with slow motes in the s…"

-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily

"We did not say she was crazy then. We believed she had to do that. We remembered all the young men her father had driven away, and we knew that with nothing left, she would have to cling to that whic…"

-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily

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5. Because I Could Not Stop for Death

By: Emily Dickinson

4.20

Format: 5 pages, Kindle Edition

The classic poem "Because I Could not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson. read more

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6. The Yellow Wall-Paper

By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman , Elaine R. Hedges , Elaine Hedges

4.08

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Diagnosed by her physician husband with a “temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendenc… read more

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"Its time we woke up,"

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

"This was not life, this was a nightmare."

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

"John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage."

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

"It is so hard to talk with John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so."

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

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7. The Flea

By: John Donne

3.57

Format: 8 pages, Hardcover

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8. The Masque of the Red Death

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

Format: 9 pages, Paperback

The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by … read more

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"Existem cordas, nos corações dos mais indiferentes, que não podem ser tocadas sem emoção."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

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9. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Catherine Belsey

3.95

Format: 298 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysa… read more

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"My soul is in the sky."

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

"Farewell, sweet playfellow."

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

"How now, spirit! Whither wander you?"

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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10. The Black Cat

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.40

Format: 300 pages,

"The Black Cat" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most memorable stories. The tale centers around a black… read more

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11. The Story of an Hour

By: Kate Chopin

4.07

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

In these four stories, Kate Chopin subtly captures the intricate interior lives of a generation of … read more

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"Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be…"

-Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour

"there would be no powerful will binding hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature…And yet she had loved him- so…"

-Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour

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12. The Lottery

By: Shirley Jackson

4.05

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they w… read more

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"It's not the way it used to be... people ain't the way they used to be."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

13. Ethan Frome

By: Edith Wharton

2.00

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Ethan Frome works his unproductive farm and struggles to maintain a bearable existence with his dif… read more

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14. Ulalume

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.20

Format: 240 pages,

Ulalume" is a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1847. Much like a few of Poe's other poems (such a… read more

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15. The Tell-Tale Heart

By: Edgar Allan Poe , Byron Glaser , None

4.24

Format: 31 pages, Library Binding

A man confronts himself and an unknown listener with his desire to murder an old man. In this cl… read more

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"would a madman have been so wise as this?"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

"And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

"If you still think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

"Basta ya de fingir, malvados! -aullé-. ¡Confieso que lo maté! ¡Levanten esos tablones! ¡Ahí… ahí! ¡Donde está latiendo su horrible corazón!"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

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16. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

By: Dylan Thomas

4.08

Format: None pages,

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Nightis a villanelle considered to be among the finest works by Wel… read more

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17. A Dream Within a Dream

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.89

Format: 197 pages,

A Dream Within a Dreamis a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1849. The poem quest… read more

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18. The Over-Soul

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

5.00

Format: 120 pages,

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19. To Build a Fire

By: Jack London

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

To Build a Fire is one of Jack London's most beloved short stories. A heartbreaking tale set in the… read more

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20. The Fall of the House of Usher

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.87

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Take the plunge. Dive into this classic from the singular mind of Edgar Allan Poe, who is widely re… read more

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"[Son] cœur est un luth suspendu; Sitôt qu'on le touche il résonne. — De Béranger "

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid and very luminous...finely molded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"It was, perhaps, the narrow limits to which he thus confined himself upon the guitar, which gave birth, in great measure, to the fantastic character of his performances."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"Er is geen twijfel mogelijk dat mijn bewustzijn van de snelle groei van mijn bijgeloof (want waarom zou ik het niet zo noemen?) de groei alleen maar scheen te versnellen. Dat is, zoals ik al lange ti…"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

21. I Stand Here Ironing

By: Tillie Olsen

3.75

Format: 40 pages,

Published in Tillie Olsen's short story collection "Tell Me a Riddle" in 1961. read more

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22. To His Coy Mistress

By: Andrew Marvell

3.37

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

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23. Cell

By: Stephen King

3.96

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Witness Stephen King's triumphant, blood-spattered return to the genre that made him famous. Cell, … read more

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24. The Cask of Amontillado

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.08

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque ..") is a short story written by Edgar All… read more

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"For the love of God, Montresor!"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

"He did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

25. Preludes

By: T.S. Eliot

3.95

Format: 132 pages,

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26. The Necklace

By: Guy de Maupassant , Gary Kelley

3.35

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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27. A Temporary Matter

By: Jhumpa Lahiri

4.18

Format: 15 pages, ebook

Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and the baffling new world, the characte… read more

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28. Bright Star, would I were steadfast as thou art

By: John Keats

3.71

Format: None pages, None

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29. Oh Captain! My Captain!

By: Walt Whitman

4.02

Format: 16 pages, Paperback

"O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we … read more

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"O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the stea…"

-Walt Whitman, Oh Captain! My Captain!

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30. Acquainted with the Night

By: Robert Frost

4.08

Format: None pages, None

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