Famous Barometer Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Tis my first night beneath the Sun

by Emily Dickinson
 'Tis my first night beneath the Sun
If I should spend it here --
Above him is too low a height
For his Barometer
Who Airs of expectation breathes
And takes the Wind at prime --
But Distance his Delights confides
To those who visit him --...Read more of this...

Low Barometer

by Robert Seymour Bridges
 The south-wind strengthens to a gale,
Across the moon the clouds fly fast,
The house is smitten as with a flail,
The chimney shudders to the blast.

On such a night, when Air has loosed
Its guardian grasp on blood and brain,
Old terrors then of god or ghost
Creep from their caves to life again;

And Reason kens he herits in
A haunted house. Tenants unknown
Assert their...Read more of this...

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