Romantic Period (1789-1832):
* "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (1807) by William Wordsworth - A beautiful poem exploring the power of nature.
* "She Walks in Beauty" (1814) by Lord Byron - A famous poem about the beauty of a woman.
* "Ode to a Nightingale" (1819) by John Keats - A celebrated poem exploring themes of beauty, death, and artistic inspiration.
* "Ozymandias" (1818) by Percy Bysshe Shelley - A powerful sonnet about the fleeting nature of power.
* "Kubla Khan" (1816) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - A mysterious and captivating poem inspired by a dream.
Victorian Period (1832-1901):
* "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1854) by Alfred Lord Tennyson - A stirring poem commemorating a heroic military charge.
* "Dover Beach" (1867) by Matthew Arnold - A melancholic poem reflecting on the loss of faith in a modern world.
* "The Raven" (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe (American, but influential in Britain) - A chilling and haunting poem about loss and grief.
* "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1915) by T.S. Eliot - A groundbreaking modernist poem exploring alienation and self-doubt.
* "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" (1923) by Robert Frost (American, but influential in Britain) - A simple yet profound poem about the beauty of nature and the pull of the unknown.
Early 20th Century (1901-1940):
* "The Waste Land" (1922) by T.S. Eliot - A monumental poem exploring themes of disillusionment and cultural decay.
* "The Second Coming" (1920) by W.B. Yeats - A powerful poem about the looming sense of chaos and the end of an era.
* "I Have a Rendezvous with Death" (1916) by Alan Seeger - A poignant poem reflecting on the inevitability of death in wartime.
* "The Soldier" (1915) by Rupert Brooke - A patriotic and idealistic poem about the spirit of the British soldier in World War I.
* "The Road Not Taken" (1916) by Robert Frost - A widely recognized poem about the importance of choosing one's own path.
Beyond the above, there are many other excellent British poems from this period, such as:
* "When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be" (1818) by John Keats
* "To Autumn" (1819) by John Keats
* "The Lady of Shalott" (1842) by Alfred Lord Tennyson
* "My Last Duchess" (1842) by Robert Browning
* "Ulysses" (1886) by Alfred Lord Tennyson
* "The Tiger" (1794) by William Blake
This list is just a starting point, and there are many other great British poems written before 1940. I encourage you to explore further and discover your own favorites.