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Famous Cypher Poems by Famous Poets

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

Bound -- a trouble

by Emily Dickinson

 Bound -- a trouble --
And lives can bear it!
Limit -- how deep a bleeding go!
So -- many -- drops -- of vital scarlet --
Deal with the soul
As with Algebra!

Tell it the Ages -- to a cypher --
And it will ache -- contented -- on --
Sing -- at its pain -- as any Workman --
Notching the fall of the Even...Read more of this...

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