For this research guide, timelines will be defined as the following:
- Ancient and Classical - Beginning through 455 CE
- Medieval - 455 through 14th Century
- Renaissance - 14th Century though 17th Century
- 18th Century
- 19th Century
- 20th Century
- Modern and Contemporary 21st Century through Today
The Poetry Foundation is a website that has information on poets and some poems are viewable.
