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Famous Commodity Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Robinson, Edwin Arlington
...valent, shall pay no gold
Until by chance or labor or contrivance 
He makes it his to pay; and he that has 
No kindlier commodity than hate, 
Glossed with a pity that belies itself 
In its negation and lacks alchemy
To fuse itself to—love, would you have me say? 
I don’t believe it. No, there is no such word. 
If I say tolerance, there’s no more to say. 
And he who sickens even in saying that— 
What coin of God has he to pay the toll
To peace on earth? Good will t...Read more of this...



by St Vincent Millay, Edna
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Yet shall I sing until my voice crack
(this being my leisure, this my holiday)
That man was a special thing, and no commodity, 
a thing improper to be sold....Read more of this...

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