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Famous Aesthetics Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Dickinson, Emily
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For a simple breast like mine --
Butterflies from St. Domingo
Cruising round the purple line --
Have a system of aesthetics --
Far superior to mine....Read more of this...



by Aiken, Conrad
...nto metaphysics,
You met on lower planes the same great dragon,
Seeking release, some fleeting satisfaction,
In strange aesthetics . . . You tried, as I remember,
One after one, strange cults, and some, too, morbid,
The cruder first, more violent sensations,
Gorgeously carnal things, conceived and acted
With splendid animal thirst . . . Then, by degrees,—
Savoring all more delicate gradations

In all that hue and tone may play on flesh,
Or thought on b...Read more of this...

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