Place Poets on the Timeline

Click a poet's name to select them, then click on the timeline to place them in their correct historical periods. The timeline will show the main literary periods, and you'll need to position each poet in the appropriate time period. If you make a mistake, you can click on the poet's name again to reselect them.

Dorothy Wordsworth portrait

Dorothy Wordsworth

1771 - 1855

Stephen Phillips portrait

Stephen Phillips

1864 - 1915

Walt Whitman portrait

Walt Whitman

1819 - 1892

Philip Arthur Larkin portrait

Philip Arthur Larkin

1922 - 1985

Patrick Reginald Chalmers portrait

Patrick Reginald Chalmers

1872 - 1942

Poet portrait