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25 Poems That Will Make You Want To Switch Your Major From Business To English ASAP

It'd be a better investment, honestly.

Madison Foster

Sep 04, 2018

Elon University

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25 Poems That Will Make You Want To Switch Your Major From Business To English ASAP

Madison Foster

Ever since I was little, I have always known that reading is my thing, but I don't think I understood poetry until I was a senior in high school. Looking back, I don't know how I survived purely on novels and short stories because poems have allowed me to analyze and interpret the world in an entirely different way. Here are 25 of the best poems that will help you make sense of the world, think deeper, and maybe even convince you to change your major.

1. "Perhaps we're not afraid of death-" by Erin Hanson

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2. "Ends once looked-" by Noor Unnahar

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/47/9c/b4/479cb474711d97c94f1ce8e3d9c7cfea.jpg

3. "For a star to be born,-" by Zoe Skylar

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7630856-for-a-star-to-be-born-there-is-one-thing

4. "be so full that even if-" by Alison Malee

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5. "my god-" by Rupi Kaur

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6. "She,-" by Langston Hughes

http://hellyeahazza.tumblr.com/post/89003548358/flowercrownsfor5sos-trust-me-imadoctor

7. "Funny- to be a Century-" by Emily Dickinson

https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/funny-to-be-a-century/

8. "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelo

https://twitter.com/poetsorg/status/834208593918435330

9. "Nocturne" by Frank O'Hara

http://www.aseaofquotes.com/post/42820345339/frank-ohara-nocturne

10. "Wanting to Die" by Anne Sexton

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6f/7e/03/6f7e03d51cd086ebdc62790b1fabc686.jpg

11. "I Can't Forget You" by Len Roberts

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=41757

12. "Daystar" by Rita Dove

https://twitter.com/kelliagodon/status/965809787911815171

13. "Evening Star" by Edgar Allan Poe

https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/evening-star/

14. "Love is a place-" by E.E. Cummings

https://www.hercampus.com/school/harvard/7-e-e-cummings-love-poems-are-better-out-loud

15. "Sci-Fi" by Tracey K. Smith

https://twitter.com/poetsorg/status/948305399702310912

16. "Elena" by J. Olivares

https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/208713763951881612/

17. "I will not be-" by Erin Van Vuren

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c1/28/f2/c128f2488c853f6112c17ab71810c303.jpg

18. "Things" by Lisel Mueller

http://www.aseaofquotes.com/post/41173891084/lisel-mueller-things

19. "Do not go gentle into that good night,-" by Dylan Thomas

https://apessay.com/order/?rid=6ddc14dd57d45a99

20. "Hope" by William Blake

https://katiescott456.wordpress.com/tag/william-blake/

21. "Sonnet 116" by William Shakespeare

https://www.facebook.com/645771865541510/photos/a.709255559193140.1073741828.645771865541510/792550334196995/?type=1&theater

22. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot

https://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5kky9d3mp1qe31lco1_r1_500.jpg

23. "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost

https://apessay.com/order/?rid=cc49f4f3231bb03f

24. "Raise you words,-" by Rumi

https://www.kcaw.org/2016/08/17/poetry-lovers-gather-rumi-fest/

25. "If there's empty spaces in your heart,-" by Erin Hanson

https://www.pinterest.nz/pin/385550418074455365/?lp=true

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25 Poems That Will Make You Want To Switch Your Major From Business To English ASAP

It'd be a better investment, honestly.

1. "Perhaps we're not afraid of death-" by Erin Hanson

2. "Ends once looked-" by Noor Unnahar

3. "For a star to be born,-" by Zoe Skylar

4. "be so full that even if-" by Alison Malee

5. "my god-" by Rupi Kaur

6. "She,-" by Langston Hughes

7. "Funny- to be a Century-" by Emily Dickinson

8. "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelo

9. "Nocturne" by Frank O'Hara

10. "Wanting to Die" by Anne Sexton

11. "I Can't Forget You" by Len Roberts

12. "Daystar" by Rita Dove

13. "Evening Star" by Edgar Allan Poe

14. "Love is a place-" by E.E. Cummings

15. "Sci-Fi" by Tracey K. Smith

16. "Elena" by J. Olivares

17. "I will not be-" by Erin Van Vuren

18. "Things" by Lisel Mueller

19. "Do not go gentle into that good night,-" by Dylan Thomas

20. "Hope" by William Blake

21. "Sonnet 116" by William Shakespeare

22. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot

23. "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost

24. "Raise you words,-" by Rumi

25. "If there's empty spaces in your heart,-" by Erin Hanson

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Because let's be honest, we all use lyrics.

1. “Don’t get too close, it’s dark inside. It's where my demons hide.”

2. “Tonight, we are young.”

3. “Cuz I may be bad, but I’m perfectly good at it.”

4. “Tell me how they got that pretty little face on that pretty little frame.”

5. “I can’t wait to fall in love with you, you can’t wait to fall in love with me.”

6. “Sweatpants, hair tied, chillin with no makeup on.”

7. “Why you so obsessed with me?”

8. “We ain’t ever getting older.”

9. “I didn’t know that I was starving until I tasted you.”

10. “Didn’t they tell you I’m a savage?"

11. “I’m gonna make you miss me.”

12. "Cheers to the freakin weekend.”

13. “Love’s a game. Wanna play?”

14. “You don’t know about me, but I bet you want to.”

15. “Let’s set each other’s lonely nights, Be each other’s paradise.”

16. “Trippin’ on skies, sippin’ waterfalls."

17. “Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days.”

18. “But you will remember me for centuries.”

19. “Something about you makes me feel like a dangerous woman."

20. “Don’t act like it’s a bad thing to fall in love with me.”

21. “Darling, I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream.”

22. “Find me where the wild things are.”

23. “I’m high on lovin’ you.”

24. “If you’re gonna be somebody’s heartbreak, somebody’s mistake, if you’re gonna be somebody’s first time, somebody’s last time, be mine.”

25. “Don’t be afraid to take the road less traveled on.”

Everything Bruce says in his classic rock songs.

1. "Talk about a dream Try to make it real You wake up in the night With a fear so real Spend your life waiting For a moment that just don't come Well don't waste your time waiting." (Badlands)

2. "It's a town full of losers/ I'm pulling out of here to win" (Thunder Road)

3. "You've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above" (Tunnel of Love)

4. "I got something in my heart/ I been waitin' to give/ I got a life I wanna start/ One I been waitin' to live" (Leah)

5. “God have mercy on the man/ Who doubts what he’s sure of” (Brilliant Disguise)

7. “Is a dream a lie when it don’t come true, or is it something worse?” (The River)

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1. "Talk about a dream
Try to make it real
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
Spend your life waiting
For a moment that just don't come
Well don't waste your time waiting." (Badlands)