Poems that inspire the theme of "England"

The poems Richard II by William Shakespeare and Going,going by Philip Larkin were used in our class devising process as stimuli for evoking themes and ideas on England. They were used as a gateway for shaping and developing the patriotic ideals past down from ancient tradition in Britain, to the scrutiny and opposition many individuals had for war and for Britain when it was an Empire. 
These stimuli were useful in extracting particular words and phrases which could be developed into many sequential scenes for which our final performance was based upon. As theatre makers, this allowed us to broaden our research development for performance and also our knowledge of the historical impact that Britain has left over time, whether it be theatrical or true to life.