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Famous Deadest Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...ago;
And some words played between us to and fro--
On which lost the more by our love.

The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing
Alive enough to have strength to die;
And a grin of bitterness swept thereby
Like an ominous bird a-wing....

Since then, keen lessons that love deceives,
And wrings with wrong, have shaped to me
Your face, and the God-curst sun, and a tree,
And a pond edged with grayish leaves....Read more of this...
by Hardy, Thomas



..., sir, first time he tries 
I'll send you word of. 
And running 'on the crook' 
Their measures we have took; 
It is the deadest hook 
You ever heard of. 

"So when we lets him go, 
Why then I'll let you know, 
And you can have a show 
To put a mite on. 
Now, sir, my leave I'll take, 
Yours truly, William Blake, 
P.S. -- Make no mistake, 
He's a all right un. 



By next week's Riverine 
I saw my friend had been 
A bit too cunning. 
I read: "The racehorse Strife 
And jockey Wi...Read more of this...
by Paterson, Andrew Barton

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