19th Century American Poetry

You can be certain to see a poem from both Dickenson and Whitman on the GRE. Generally speaking, 19th century poetry on the GRE will come mostly from the British Romantics, but an American or two apart from Dickenson and Whitman could also appear.

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Edgar Allen Poe (also listed in prose)

Emily Dickenson *

Walt Whitman *

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

James Russell Lowell

Oliver Wendell Holmes

William Dean Howells

Ralph Waldo Emerson (also listed in prose)