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Famous Adviser Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry
...ploughman phrase, “God send you speed,”
 Still daily to grow wiser;
And may ye better reck the rede,
 Then ever did th’ adviser!...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert



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“Ask not of pleasure! Pain is renewed
to Danish folk. Dead is Aeschere,
of Yrmenlaf the elder brother,
my sage adviser and stay in council,
shoulder-comrade in stress of fight
when warriors clashed and we warded our heads,
hewed the helm-boars; hero famed
should be every earl as Aeschere was!
But here in Heorot a hand hath slain him
of wandering death-sprite. I wot not whither, {20a}
proud of the prey, her path she took,
fain of her fill. The feud she avenged...Read more of this...
by Anonymous,
...Or that of king or saint or sage,
It seems to me I darkly trace
 Their being to a rutting rage . . .
Had I been Deity's adviser
 Meseems I might have planned it wiser....Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry