The Reader's Atlas
Poems About Language and Communicationin the open canon
- Indexed poems
- 701
- Indexed poets
- 0
- Short poems
- 66
Where to begin with language and communication
Three ways in01 · Most-read entry
A Game of Chess
by T. S. Eliot, 1922
Read the line-by-line analysis, themes, and historical context for this entry in Storgy's index.
02 · Editor's pick
A New Madrigal to an Old Melody
by Alfred Noyes, 1922
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03 · Counterpoint
Ars Poetica
by Archibald MacLeish, 1926
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§03 The index
Every poem in this theme
- 01
A Game of Chess
T. S. Eliot1922Excerpt - 02
A New Madrigal to an Old Melody
Alfred Noyes1922Excerpt - 03
Ars Poetica
Archibald MacLeish1926Excerpt - 04
Ash Wednesday
T. S. Eliot1930Excerpt - 05
Cotton-Wool
Alfred Noyes1907Excerpt - 06
Cuckoo Song
H. D.1924Excerpt - 07
Envoi
Alfred Noyes1922Excerpt - 08
Five Criticisms
Alfred Noyes1922Excerpt - 09
Home Burial
Robert Frost1914Excerpt - 10
Lines for a Sun-Dial
Alfred Noyes1922Excerpt - 11
Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
T. S. Eliot1915Excerpt - 12
Mending Wall
Robert Frost1914Excerpt - 13
Mowing
Robert Frost1913Excerpt - 14
My Last Duchess
Robert Browning1842PD - 15
Peace in a Palace
Alfred Noyes1922Excerpt - 16
Poetry
Marianne Moore1919Excerpt - 17
Portrait of a Lady
T. S. Eliot1915Excerpt - 18
Portrait of a Lady
William Carlos Williams1920Excerpt - 19
Prisoners
H. D.1924Excerpt - 20
Riddles of Merlin
Alfred Noyes1922Excerpt
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Short poems about language and communication
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