British poetry is a term rarely used, as almost all poets of the British world (whether of the British Isles, the British Empire, or the United Kingdom) are clearly identified with one of the various nations within those areas.
It may include:
- English poetry
- Scottish poetry (see Scottish literature)
- Irish poetry
- Welsh poetry
- Jèrriais poetry
- Guernésiais poetry
- Manx poetry
- Cornish poetry
Famous quotes containing the words british and/or poetry:
“The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.”
—Tony Benn (b. 1925)
“A story of particular facts is a mirror which obscures and distorts that which should be beautiful; poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which it distorts.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)