Famous Abolitionist Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Abolitionist poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous abolitionist poems. These examples illustrate what a famous abolitionist poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Masters, Edgar Lee
...ored out by the worm of theatric despair;
Wearing the coat of indifference to hide the shame of defeat;
I, child of the abolitionist idealism --
A sort of Brand in a birth of half-and-half.
What other thing could happen when I defended
The patriot scamps who burned the court house,
That Spoon River might have a new one,
Than plead them guilty? When Kinsey Keene drove through
The card-board mask of my life with a spear of light,
What could I do but slink away, like the bea...Read more of this...
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