Famous Capitan Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Capitan poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous capitan poems. These examples illustrate what a famous capitan poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Byron, George (Lord)
...is, a Turkish sailor; the Greeks navigate, the Turks work the guns. Their dress is picturesque; and I have seen the Capitan Pacha more than once wearing it as a kind of incog. Their legs, however, are generally naked. The buskins described in the text as sheathed behind with silver are those of an Arnaut robber, who was my host (he had quitted the profession) at his Pyrgo, near Gastouni in the Morea; they were plated in scales one over the other, like the back of ...Read more of this...
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