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Famous Compress Poems by Famous Poets

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

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For I’m a confirmation of the past, 
A vengeance, and a flowering of what was. 

“Sorry? Of course you are, though you compress, 
With even your most impenetrable fears, 
A placid and a proper consciousness 
Of anxious angels over my arrears. 

“I see them there against me in a book 
As large as hope, in ink that shines by night 
Surely I see; but now I’d rather look 
At you, and you are not a pleasant sight.

“Forbear, forgive. Ten years are on my soul, 
And on my conscienc...Read more of this...
by Robinson, Edwin Arlington



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