Famous Checkmate Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Checkmate poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous checkmate poems. These examples illustrate what a famous checkmate poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Khayyam, Omar
...a knight to a poor pawn translate,
You marshal all your force to tire me out,
You take my rooks with yours, and then checkmate!...Read more of this...
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Khayyam, Omar
...O fair! whose cheeks checkmate red eglantine,
And draw the game with those fair maids of Chin,
You played one glance against the king of Babil
And took his pawns, and knights, and rooks, and queen....Read more of this...
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