Famous Concessions Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Concessions poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous concessions poems. These examples illustrate what a famous concessions poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Dryden, John
...sses, improv'd.
These ills they saw, and as their duty bound,
They show'd the king the danger of the wound:
That no concessions from the throne would please;
But lenitives fomented the disease:
That Absalom, ambitious of the crown,
Was made the lure to draw the people down:
That false Achitophel's pernicious hate,
Had turn'd the plot to ruin church and state:
The Council violent, the rabble worse:
That Shimei taught Jerusalem to curse.
With all these loads of injurie...Read more of this...
by
Schwartz, Delmore
...satisfaction, fruit? What transit, heaven?
Criminal? justified? arrived at what June?"
That nervous conscience amid the concessions
Is haunting, haunted moon....Read more of this...
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