The most popular
poets in the UK

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  1. 65%

    William Shakespeare

    Writer

    The most popular and the most famous poet

  2. 54%

    Oscar Wilde

    Writer

    The 2nd most popular and the 2nd most famous poet

  3. 44%

    T. S. Eliot

    Writer

    The 3rd most popular and the 4th most famous poet

  4. 43%

    William Wordsworth

    Writer

    The 4th most popular and the 3rd most famous poet

  5. 38%

    Robert Burns

    Writer

    The 5th most popular and the 5th most famous poet

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  7. 37%

    Anne Brontë

    Writer

    The 6th most popular and the 6th most famous poet

  8. 34%

    Wilfred Owen

    Writer

    The 7th most popular and the 15th most famous poet

  9. 34%

    John Keats

    Writer

    The 8th most popular and the 8th most famous poet

  10. 33%

    Alfred Tennyson

    Writer

    The 9th most popular and the 9th most famous poet

  11. 30%

    Dylan Thomas

    Writer

    The 10th most popular and the 12th most famous poet