Famous 1940 Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous 1940 poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous 1940 poems. These examples illustrate what a famous 1940 poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...zzard?
What shimmering mirage around the circle of the moon?
I send each one of you my salutation, and farewell.
[March 1940]
INTRODUCTION
[PRELUDE]
It happened like this when only the dead
Were smiling, glad of their release,
That Leningrad hung around its prisons
Like a worthless emblem, flapping its piece.
Shrill and sharp, the steam-whistles sang
Short songs of farewell
To the ranks of convicted, demented by suffering,
As they, in regiments, walked along -
Stars of deat...Read more of this...
by
Akhmatova, Anna
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