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The history of English poetry The earliest English poetry was written in a kind of English that is now difficult to understand.Modern English started around the time of William Shakespeare,towards the end of the sixteenth century. The seventeenth century was a great time for English poetry.Shakespeare is most famous for his plays.His sonnets①,however,belong to the best poetry.In the next generation of the great English poets we meet John Donne.Chinese readers admire his works because of his use of surprising images② that reminds them of the works of poets such as Su Dongpo.Before the end of the century,there was another famous writer,John Milton.In the eighteenth century it was Alexander Pope who wrote the finest poetry in England.