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Famous Chansonnier Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Enough—the Centenarian’s story ends;
The two, the past and present, have interchanged; 
I myself, as connecter, as chansonnier of a great future, am now speaking. 

And is this the ground Washington trod? 
And these waters I listlessly daily cross, are these the waters he cross’d, 
As resolute in defeat, as other generals in their proudest triumphs?

It is well—a lesson like that, always comes good; 
I must copy the story, and send it eastward and westward; 
I must p...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt



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