Famous Applicant Poems by Famous Poets

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

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The Applicant

...First, are you our sort of a person?
Do you wear
A glass eye, false teeth or a crutch,
A brace or a hook,
Rubber breasts or a rubber crotch,

Stitches to show something's missing? No, no? Then
How can we give you a thing?
Stop crying.
Open your hand.
Empty? Empty. Here is a hand

To fill it and willing
To bring teacups and roll away headaches
And do whatev...Read more of this...
by Plath, Sylvia


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