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Famous Cantankerous Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Butler, Ellis Parker
...ife to East Skiddaw
 And one to Skiddaw West.

Now Ann Eliza was the name
 Of her at East Skiddaw;
She was the most cantankerous
 Female you ever saw.

I don’t know but one crosser-grained,
 And of this Captain Dan
She was the wife at Skiddaw West—
 She was Eliza Ann.

Well, this old skeesicks, Captain Dan,
 He owned a ferryboat;
From East Skiddaw to Skiddaw West
 That vessel used to float.

She was as trim a ferry-craft
 As ever I did see,
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