Previously, we’ve offered our pick of the best poems for brothers, the best poems for mothers, and the best father poems. But the missing relative here is the sister: so, below, we offer five of the very best poems about sisters and sisterhood. Katherine Philips, ‘To My Dear Sister, Mrs. […]
‘Fear No More the Heat o’ the Sun’ is one of the most famous songs from a Shakespeare play, although its context – in the late play Cymbeline – is often forgotten, and is not as well-known, perhaps, to begin with. Here’s the text of ‘Fear No More the Heat […]
All 27 of the known moons of the planet Uranus are named after characters from the work of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. Astronomers have paid tribute to the poets; but what have poets had to say about outer space? Below, we’ve selected ten of the greatest poems about space, astronomy, […]