Who is the Most Famous Poet Ever?

[billy]

i agree, it's subjective. back to the question at hand. i think it's hard for the modern poets to compete because the oldies had generations following them. that said, if it's a given generation i think people like emily bishop stand a chance. Tennyson is a poet i know of through the charge of the light brigade but i'm not sure he's the most famous. while homer's iiliad is famous, i'm not sure that many people have actually read it. same with dante's inferno. i think these are more commonly known by more intellectual readers of which i can't profess to be. i'm more a gunga din man, Kipling we prolific and well known for more than one genre of poetry. some of his ballads are excellent.