[phaemon]

It's well known in America, but I think in the UK something like "If" (Rudyard Kipling) might be better (equally?) known. Or perhaps something from Shakespeare ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?")

What about Italy? What's the most famous poem everyone knows of there?

[andreaferretti]

I guess that apart from the "Divina Commedia", it could be "L'infinito" by Giacomo Leopardi. But "If" is pretty well-known, as well as many things by Shakespeare

[chippy]

Does "If" have a popular misreading? My impression of it is that it's a poem to Kipling's son about coming of age, adulthood etc.r)