Autobiographical poetry can be defined as one in which the poet propounds an account of his/her life, as well as self-revelation, self-exploration, self-estimation and thoughtful and analytical excursions into the self. While making a critical and creative intervention into the relationship between poetry and autobiography, this paper embarks upon presenting a survey of autobiographical English poetry in the twentieth century, showing affinities and differences among poets in consonance with the applications of autobiographical elements and concerned voice in their poems. This study is restricted to the twentieth century British poetry in particular, Irish and American poetry in general, offering a critical commentary on the works of representative individual poets or groups of poets in a chronological order (following in most cases the poets’ birth dates). Hence, the survey shifts back and forth from British to American or Irish poetry according to that order. Also, the main argument of this paper is centered upon steering and establishing a solid distinction between autobiographical and lyrical poetry on one hand, and autobiographical and confessional poetry on the other hand. In addition, the paper aims to make a brief study of some eminent poets who wrote lyrical poetry, autobiographical poetry and those who are categorised as “the Oxford Group of Poets”.