The ten best American poems

At the Guardian, Jay Parini named the ten best American poems.One poem on his list:"Because I could not stop for death" by Emily DickinsonA perfect poem, and one of Dickinson's most compressed and chilling attempts to come to terms with mortality. Once read, it stays in the head forever, in part because of the ballad stanza, so weirdly fresh in her capable hands.Read about the other poems on