If you liked
Books like Silvae
Loved Silvae by Publius Papinius Statius? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from poetry, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
10 books · ranked
-
1
The Waste Land
The fractured, allusive poem that became the emblem of modernism; difficult, dazzling, endlessly studied.
-
2
Devotions
A career-spanning selection from a poet of attention and the natural world; the perfect place to begin.
-
3
Epigrammata
Despite his enduring popularity, Martial has recently suffered from serious critical neglect. The present work is the first edition of selections from Martial to be published for decades, and the firs
-
4
Piers the Plowman
This is one of the masterpieces of medieval literature. This new complete edition of the orginal text of the B-version answers every need of both the student and the interested lay reader. Marginal gl
-
5
Leaves of Grass
Expansive, body-and-soul American free verse; the revolutionary collection Whitman revised all his life.
-
6
Ariel
Fierce, exact late poems published after the poet's death; raw and technically brilliant.
-
7
Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Tender, violent poems of family, war and desire; a striking debut collection.
-
8
Death of a Naturalist
Earthy, precise poems of rural Ireland and boyhood; the debut of a Nobel laureate.
-
9
And Still I Rise
Defiant, joyful poems of survival and self-worth; among the most quoted verse of the century.
-
10
A Child's Garden of Verses
Rediscover the delight and innocence of childhood in these classic poems from celebrated author, Robert Louis Stevenson. From make-believe to climbing trees, bedtime stories to morning play and favour