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Famous By The Book Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Lindsay, Vachel
...grown old,
With beard of bright silver and garments of gold.
"What will you do to end war for good?
Will you stand by the book-case, be nailed to the wood?"
I stretched out my arms. He drove the nails deep,
Silently, coolly. The house was asleep,
I hung for three years, forbidden to die.
I seemed but a shadow the servants passed by.
At the end of the time with hot irons he returned.
"The Quitter Sublime" on my bosom he burned.
As he seared me he h...Read more of this...



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