Love poems

6 classic love poems in full: Shakespeare's sonnets, Poe's Annabel Lee and Tennyson's Lady of Shalott, each free to read with its meaning explained line by line.

Annabel LeeA grieving lover insists that death cannot separate him from Annabel Lee.1 min The Lady of ShalottAn isolated weaver risks a mysterious curse to look directly at the world beyond her tower.4 min Sonnet 130A speaker rejects exaggerated beauty comparisons while affirming his love for a real woman.1 min Sonnet 18A speaker promises that poetry will preserve a beloved’s beauty beyond summer’s changes and death.1 min Sonnet 116True love remains steady through change, storms, fading beauty, and time.1 min Dover BeachA moonlit coast leads a speaker to consider fading faith and ask for steadfast love.1 min