Poems that helped me throughout college

I’m very fond of reading literature (not counting academic books, I find those difficult to read HAHAHA especially when I’m not interested in the subject matter). Since I was in grade school, I’ve been reading a lot of books from the classics to the most recent ones. Some of my favorite authors are Jane Austen, Lauren Olive, J.K. Rowling, Chuck Palahniuk, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and a lot of other great authors! But of course, I didn’t only read books, I also read poems. Lots of them. I even managed to remember a few of my favorites - the ones that had a very huge impact on me and I’d like to share some of my favorite lines from my favorite poems to all of you.

1. How Do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barret Browning

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

2. Invictus by William Ernest Henley

It matters not how straight the gate
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

3. Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:

4. i carry your heart with me by E.E. Cummings

i carry you heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)

5. O Captain! My Captain! by Whalt Whitman

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;