Famous Compendium Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Tasker Norcross

...e with mirrors and the dim remarks 
That pass their tranquil ears.” 

“Come, come,” said I;
“There may be names in your compendium 
That we are not yet all on fire for shouting. 
Skin most of us of our mediocrity, 
We should have nothing then that we could scratch. 
The picture smarts. Cover it, if you please,
And do so rather gently. Now for Norcross.” 

Ferguson closed his eyes in resignation, 
While a dead sigh came out of him. “Good God!” 
He said, and said it only half a...Read more of this...
by Robinson, Edwin Arlington


The Comedian As The Letter C

...ot doctrinal 
550 In form though in design, as Crispin willed, 
551 Disguised pronunciamento, summary, 
552 Autumn's compendium, strident in itself 
553 But muted, mused, and perfectly revolved 
554 In those portentous accents, syllables, 
555 And sounds of music coming to accord 
556 Upon his law, like their inherent sphere, 
557 Seraphic proclamations of the pure 
558 Delivered with a deluging onwardness. 
559 Or if the music sticks, if the anecdote 
560 Is false...Read more of this...
by Stevens, Wallace

two south coast poems (a) this morning i came within sound of the sea

...in


(b) the sheer stupidity of the sea

going on and on mounting the land
and falling away again
gathering to itself a compendium
of its own tricks

  not thinking
that any one cares which way the tides
alter the look of the beach
but just doing it like an animal
because it has to - having nothing else
it could reasonably do and remain 
sea

 it's that stupidity
in all its sheerness that people
(unable to admit in themselves)
find to worship in water - and that's why
they ca...Read more of this...
by Gregory, Rg

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