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Famous Afforded Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Burns, Robert
...me, tell me a reason?


 Note 1. Bacon was the name of a presumably intrusive host. The lines are said to have “afforded much amusement.”—Lang. [back]...Read more of this...



by von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
...none ever hear it,--

Conceal my affliction,

Conceal thy delight!

THE HUNTER.

To-day I'm rewarded;
Rich booty's afforded

By Fortune so bright.
My servant the pheasants,
And hares fit for presents

Takes homeward at night;
Here see I enraptured
In nets the birds captured!--

Long life to the hunter!

Long live his delight!

1789....Read more of this...

by Dickinson, Emily
...d hold the latest Glowing --
Robbed by Liberty

For Her Jugular Defences --
This, too, I endured --
Hint of Glory -- it afforded --
For the Brave Beloved --

Fraud of Distance -- Fraud of Danger,
Fraud of Death -- to bear --
It is Bounty -- to Suspense's
Vague Calamity --

Stalking our entire Possession
On a Hair's result --
Then -- seesawing -- coolly -- on it --
Trying if it split --...Read more of this...

by Dickinson, Emily
...The Stimulus, beyond the Grave
His Countenance to see
Supports me like imperial Drams
Afforded Day by Day....Read more of this...

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