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Famous Accoutred Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Accoutred poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous accoutred poems. These examples illustrate what a famous accoutred poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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by Robinson, Edwin Arlington
...e life,” 
He said, “and I the hymn the Brahmin sings; 
O Fuscus! and we’ll go no more a-roving.” 
We were not quite accoutred for a blast 
Of any lettered nonchalance like that,
And some of us—the five or six of us 
Who found him out—were singularly struck. 
But soon there came assurance of his lips, 
Like phrases out of some sweet instrument 
Man’s hand had never fitted, that he felt
“No penitential shame for what had come, 
No virtuous regret for what had been,— 
Bu...Read more of this...



by Larkin, Philip
...nd birth 
And death and thoughts of these--for which was built
This special shell? For though I've no idea
What this accoutred frowsty barn is worth 
It pleases me to stand in silence here;

A serious house on serious earth it is 
In whose blent air all our compulsions meet 
Are recognisd and robed as destinies.
And that much never can be obsolete 
Since someone will forever be surprising
A hunger in himself to be more serious 
And gravitating with it to this ...Read more of this...

by Robinson, Edwin Arlington
...e world went on, their fame went on,
And they went on—from bad to worse; 
Till, goaded hot with nothing done, 
And each accoutred with a curse, 
The friends of Old King Cole, by twos, 
And fours, and sevens, and elevens,
Pronounced unalterable views 
Of doings that were not of heaven’s. 

And having learned again whereby 
Their baleful zeal had come about, 
King Cole met many a wrathful eye
So kindly that its wrath went out— 
Or partly out. Say what they would, 
He se...Read more of this...

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