Best poems about — Storgy
November.
9 poems, ranked.
9 of the finest public-domain poems about november, ranked by thematic depth. Scored by Storgy's classification model against the rest of the corpus, and re-indexed weekly as new works enter the canon.
The leading three
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November
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“In this brief poem, Longfellow allows November to express itself, taking on the persona of the mythological centaur Sagittarius — a creature that's half-horse a…”
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02
A Breton Legend
James Russell Lowell
“A traveler in Brittany learns of a local legend about a ruined church where, once a year on All Souls' Eve, the spirits of the deceased must attend a sermon del…”
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03
Lines
Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Shelley describes a frigid November night where everything—the earth, the sky, the hedges, the birds—is enveloped in cold and darkness. In the last two stanzas,…”
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- 04
By the Wayside
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Swinburne recounts a reunion with an elderly friend and two young children—one almost three and the other just turning four—on a chilly November day. The children's laughter and sp…
- 05
November 3, 1864
James Russell Lowell
Lowell paints the picture of a battered ship to depict the United States during the Civil War—worn down, ridiculed by Britain, and close to surrender. Into this bleak situation ent…
- 06
Catawba Wine
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Longfellow raises a glass to Catawba wine, a grape cultivated along the Ohio River near Cincinnati, claiming it outshines any famous European vintage. He highlights its natural swe…
- 07
November 3, 1884
James Russell Lowell
A ship has been battered in battle and left drifting, and when a vessel flying the Christian red cross sails past without helping, the crew's morale nearly crumbles. What saves the…
- 08
Eugene Field
Eugene Field
This piece is a lengthy, humorous letter-essay by Eugene Field written during his time in bed with an illness. It combines fond memories of his friend and fellow humorist David Swi…
- 09
Letter from the Reverend Homer Wilbur, M.a., Enclosing the Epistle
James Russell Lowell
This satirical letter-poem is from James Russell Lowell's *Biglow Papers* series, penned in 1861 as the Civil War was beginning. A fictional New England rogue, Birdofredum Sawin, w…
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