In Dante's The Divine Comedy, the speaker, Dante himself, travels through the circles of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.

Homer's The Iliad tells the story of the Trojan War, which took place in the ancient city of Troy.

William Wordsworth's Tintern Abbey is a poem in which the speaker reflects on the beauty of nature and the passage of time while visiting the ruins of Tintern Abbey.

Julia Ward Howe's The Battle-Hymn of the Republic is a poem that was written during the American Civil War and became a popular anthem for the Union Army.

In Homer's The Odyssey, Odysseus travels to the underworld to consult the prophet Tiresias.

John Keats' Ode to a Nightingale is a poem in which the speaker reflects on the beauty of a nightingale's song while sitting in the English countryside.

Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene is an epic poem that tells the story of a knight's journey through a magical forest.

Virgil's The Aeneid tells the story of Aeneas, a Trojan hero who travels to Italy and founds the city of Rome.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson's The Charge of the Light Brigade is a poem that describes the Charge of the Light Brigade, a disastrous British cavalry charge during the Crimean War.

The Yellow Rose of Texas is a traditional American folk song that tells the story of a young woman who is captured by Comanche Indians and rescued by a Texas Ranger.

In Dante's The Divine Comedy, the speaker, Dante himself, travels to the moon in the Paradiso, the third and final part of the poem.

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex is a play that tells the story of Oedipus, a king of Thebes who unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother.

Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a poem that reflects on the mortality of man and the beauty of nature while visiting a graveyard.

Dixie is a traditional American folk song that was popular in the Southern United States during the Reconstruction Era.

In Dante's The Divine Comedy, the speaker, Dante himself, travels to the stars in the Paradiso, the third and final part of the poem.