Exactly Jos, it's subjective.
Research quoted on BBC Radio 4 last week, said that something like 60% of primary school teachers could not name more than 2 poets, or poems.
Nowadays folks seem to get their poetical knowledge from films and stage plays. I'm thinking 4 Weddings and a Funeral, and Cats here.
While not rubbishing or supporting any particular poets, I am apalled at the choices, and even more so by the omissions.
Why in this 250th anniversary year, was there apparently no mention of Robert Burns, he is after all, allegedly, one of the best known, and most often quoted poets in the western world, and the only one with a celebratory day of his own.
I just find these polls so subjective, and they bear no relation to poetical excellence, and more to popular culture.
Who will be the nect poetical flavour of the month?

JM