Famous Coached Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Saltbush Bills Second Flight

...cut his hair, but I spotted him at a look; 
He is Tom Devine, who has worked for years for Saltbush Bill as cook. 
Bill coached him up in the fighting yard, and taught him the tale by rote, 
And they shammed to fight, and they got your grass, and divided your five-pound note. 
'Twas a clean take-in; and you'll find it wise -- 'twill save you a lot of pelf -- 
When next you're hiring a fighting man, just fight him a round yourself." 

And the teamsters out on the Castlereagh, ...Read more of this...
by Paterson, Andrew Barton


The Ballad Of The Leather Medal

...g. "Bravo!" I heard them say.
But there in the heart of the racket was one who could not hear -
The loving sister who'd coached him; for Millie had fainted away.

I rushed to her side and grabbed her; then others saw her distress,
And all were eager to aid me, as I pillowed that golden head,
But her arms were tense and rigid, and clutched in the folds of her dress,
Unlocking her hands they found it . . . A RAT . . . and the brute was dead.

In silence she'd crushed its life o...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William

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