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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