Famous Answerable Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Mine Eyes Were Swift To Know Thee

by Robert Louis Stevenson
 MINE eyes were swift to know thee, and my heart
As swift to love. I did become at once
Thine wholly, thine unalterably, thine
In honourable service, pure intent,
Steadfast excess of love and laughing care:
And as she was, so am, and so shall be.
I knew thee helpful, knew thee true, knew thee
And Pity bedfellows: I heard thy talk
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