Famous Classed Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Bishop Blougrams Apology

...r soul in new French books-- 
We watch while these in equilibrium keep 
The giddy line midway: one step aside, 
They're classed and done with. I, then, keep the line 
Before your sages,--just the men to shrink 
From the gross weights, coarse scales and labels broad 
You offer their refinement. Fool or knave? 
Why needs a bishop be a fool or knave 
When there's a thousand diamond weights between? 
So, I enlist them. Your picked twelve, you'll find, 
Profess themselves indignan...Read more of this...
by Browning, Robert


Natures Touch

...In kindergarten classed
 Dislike they knew;
And as the years went past
 It grew and grew;
Until in maidenhood
 Each sought a mate,
Then venom in their mood
 Was almost hate.

The lure of love they learned
 And they were wed;
Yet when they met each turned
 Away a head;
Each went her waspish way
 With muted damns--
Until they met one day
 With baby prams.

Then lo! Away was s...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William

Phantasmagoria Canto I (The Trystyng )

...l, is it?
I really feared you meant some harm:
But, now I see that you are calm,
Let me explain my visit. 

"Houses are classed, I beg to state,
According to the number
Of Ghosts that they accommodate:
(The Tenant merely counts as WEIGHT,
With Coals and other lumber). 

"This is a 'one-ghost' house, and you
When you arrived last summer,
May have remarked a Spectre who
Was doing all that Ghosts can do
To welcome the new-comer. 

"In Villas this is always done -
However cheaply...Read more of this...
by Carroll, Lewis

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