Famous Death Sentence Poems by Famous Poets

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

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The Man From Cooks

by Robert William Service
 "You're bloody right - I was a Red,"
The Man from Cook's morosely said.
And if our chaps had won the War
Today I'd be the Governor
Of all Madrid, and rule with pride,
Instead of just a lousy guide.

"For I could talk in Councils high
To draw down angels from the sky.
They put me seven years in gaol, -
You see how I am prison-pale...Read more of this...

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