Famous Short Poems Home Poems Poem Themes Famous Short Poems Fog by Carl Sandburg “The fog comeson little cat feet.” Word Count: 21, Lines: 6, Reading Level: 3.68 The Eagle by Alfred, Lord Tennyson “He clasps the crag with crooked hands;Close to the sun in lonely lands,” Word Count: 39, Lines: 6, Reading Level: 6.24 Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost “Nature's first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold.” Word Count: 40, Lines: 8, Reading Level: 2.47 There is no frigate like a book by Emily Dickinson “There is no frigate like a bookTo take us lands away,” Word Count: 41, Lines: 8, Reading Level: 8.23 If I can stop one heart from breaking by Emily Dickinson “If I can stop one heart from breakingI shall not live in vain;” Word Count: 41, Lines: 7, Reading Level: 13.93 Wild nights — Wild nights! by Emily Dickinson “Wild nights! Wild nights!Were I with thee,” Word Count: 43, Lines: 12, Reading Level: .23 I'm nobody! Who are you? by Emily Dickinson “I'm nobody! Who are you?Are you nobody, too?” Word Count: 45, Lines: 8, Reading Level: 2.13 Simplicity (How happy is the little stone) by Emily Dickinson “How happy is the little stoneThat rambles in the road alone,” Word Count: 46, Lines: 10, Reading Level: 22.87 Fire and Ice by Robert Frost “Some say the world will end in fire,Some say in ice.” Word Count: 51, Lines: 9, Reading Level: 4.92 There is another sky by Emily Dickinson “There is another sky,Ever serene and fair,” Word Count: 65, Lines: 14, Reading Level: 25.92 Hope is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson “Hope is the thing with feathersThat perches in the soul,” Word Count: 70, Lines: 12, Reading Level: 12.22 Trees by Joyce Kilmer “I think that I shall never seeA poem lovely as a tree.” Word Count: 80, Lines: 12, Reading Level: 8.68 I like to see it lap the miles by Emily Dickinson “I like to see it lap the miles,And lick the valleys up,” Word Count: 82, Lines: 16, Reading Level: 32.51 I taste a liquor never brewed by Emily Dickinson “I taste a liquor never brewed,From tankards scooped in pearl;” Word Count: 83, Lines: 20, Reading Level: 8.43 A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman “A noiseless patient spider,I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated,” Word Count: 87, Lines: 10, Reading Level: 19.82 The Arrow and the Song by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “I shot an arrow into the air,It fell to earth, I knew not where;” Word Count: 88, Lines: 12, Reading Level: 9.39 I felt a funeral in my brain by Emily Dickinson “I felt a funeral in my brainAnd mourners, to and fro,” Word Count: 92, Lines: 16, Reading Level: 7.75 I heard a Fly buzz when I died by Emily Dickinson “I heard a Fly buzz when I died;The stillness round my form” Word Count: 92, Lines: 16, Reading Level: 10.99 A Late Walk by Robert Frost “When I go up through the mowing field,The headless aftermath,” Word Count: 96, Lines: 16, Reading Level: 12.01 In Flanders Fields by John McCrae “In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,” Word Count: 97, Lines: 16, Reading Level: 5.48 We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar “We wear the mask that grins and lies,It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—” Word Count: 98, Lines: 15, Reading Level: 5.66 Bright Star by John Keats “Bright star! would I were steadfast as thou art—Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night,” Word Count: 101, Lines: 14, Reading Level: 20.70 Crossing the Bar by Alfred, Lord Tennyson “Sunset and evening star,And one clear call for me!” Word Count: 102, Lines: 16, Reading Level: 8.12 To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet “If ever two were one, then surely we.If ever man were loved by wife, than thee;” Word Count: 103, Lines: 12, Reading Level: 5.20 Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson “By the rude bridge that arched the flood,Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,” Word Count: 109, Lines: 16, Reading Level: 9.33 Break, Break, Break by Alfred, Lord Tennyson “Break, break, break,On thy cold gray stones, O sea!” Word Count: 110, Lines: 16, Reading Level: 3.73 When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be by John Keats “When I have fears that I may cease to beBefore my pen has gleaned my teeming brain,” Word Count: 110, Lines: 14, Reading Level: 42.54 Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley “I met a traveler from an antique landWho said: 'Two vast and trunkless legs of stone” Word Count: 111, Lines: 14, Reading Level: 10.54 Remember by Christina Rossetti “Remember me when I am gone away,Gone far away into the silent land;” Word Count: 111, Lines: 14, Reading Level: 13.72 When I consider how my light is spent by John Milton “When I consider how my light is spent,Ere half my days in this dark world and wide,” Word Count: 113, Lines: 14, Reading Level: 8.05 Sonnet 18: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day by William Shakespeare “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:” Word Count: 114, Lines: 14, Reading Level: 21.23 Holy Sonnet 10: Death, be not proud by John Donne “Death, be not proud, though some have called theeMighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;” Word Count: 123, Lines: 14, Reading Level: 10.12 Sonnet 43: How Do I Love Thee? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and height ” Word Count: 127, Lines: 14, Reading Level: 3.01 More Famous Poems 100 Most Famous Poems Famous Love Poems Famous Poems About Death
