Poetry Reader
Understand poems with AI
Free
Explore classic poetry with AI explanations. Ask questions by voice or text, discover new meanings, and save the lines that stay with you.
Discover what a poem is saying—and how it says it.
Poetry Reader brings classic poetry and optional AI explanations together. Read a poem, explore its imagery and meaning, and ask questions about the lines that interest you.
EXPLORE A POEM’S MEANING
Tap Explain for an AI explanation, or ask your own question by voice or text. Explore unfamiliar language, imagery, themes, and possible interpretations while keeping the poem close at hand.
DISCOVER YOUR NEXT FAVORITE
Browse 1,834 public-domain collections, including works by Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, William Shakespeare, Robert Frost, and John Keats. Search authors, collections, poem titles, and first lines.
MAKE READING YOUR OWN
• Highlight passages and add personal notes
• Save favorite poems and collections
• Download collections for offline reading
• Return to your reading position
• Adjust text size and choose light or dark appearance
• Set an optional daily reading reminder
• Read on iPhone and iPad
START READING WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT
Browse and read without signing in. Sign in with Apple to use AI explanations and questions or sync your reading profile across devices.
AI explanations can make mistakes and offer one interpretation among many.
The library uses Project Gutenberg editions that are public domain in the United States. App availability is limited to the U.S.
Ratings & Reviews
A smaller app with faster search, improved sync reliability, and more readable layouts. Long titles and labels now wrap more clearly, with better support for larger text and iPad screens.
The developer, Joseph Philleo, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Joseph Philleo
- Size
- 9.6 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Realistic Violence
Profanity or Crude Humor
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Horror/Fear Themes
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Sexual Content or Nudity
- Copyright
- © 2026 Joseph Philleo