Famous Combating Poems by Famous Poets

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

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A Sea-Side Walk

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
 We walked beside the sea,
After a day which perished silently
Of its own glory---like the Princess weird
Who, combating the Genius, scorched and seared,
Uttered with burning breath, 'Ho! victory!'
And sank adown, an heap of ashes pale;
So runs the Arab tale.

The sky above us showed
An universal and unmoving cloud,
On which, the cliffs permitted us to see
Only the outline of their majesty,
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