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

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Song of Myself

by Whitman, Walt

...nd watching and wondering at it. 

Backward I see in my own days where I sweated through fog with linguists and
 contenders; 
I have no mockings or arguments—I witness and wait. 

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I believe in you, my Soul—the other I am must not abase itself to you; 
And you must not be abased to the other.

Loafe with me on the grass—loose the stop from your throat; 
Not words, not music or rhyme I want—not custom or lecture, not even the
 best; 
Only the lull I l...Read more of this...

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