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This course explores the dynamic traditions of American and British poetry from the 19th and 20th centuries, tracing the evolution of form, style, and cultural expression across two centuries of profound social and artistic change. We will examine the shifting voices of poets responding to industrialization, empire, war, modernity, and the search for identity, paying special attention to transatlantic dialogues and divergences in poetic innovation. Readings include Romantic and Victorian poets such as Wordsworth, Shelley, Tennyson, and Browning; American voices like Whitman and Dickinson; and modernist innovators such as Yeats, Eliot, Pound, and Hughes. We will also consider mid- to late-20th-century poets—including Auden, Larkin, Plath, and Heaney—who redefined poetry for new generations. Through close reading, critical analysis, and attention to historical and cultural contexts, students will develop a deeper appreciation for the aesthetic experiments and enduring themes that shaped Anglo-American poetry during this period.