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Famous Decidedly Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Burns, Robert
...Why they do it;
And just as lamely can ye mark,
 How far perhaps they rue it.


Who made the heart, ’tis He alone
 Decidedly can try us;
He knows each chord, its various tone,
 Each spring, its various bias:
Then at the balance let’s be mute,
 We never can adjust it;
What’s done we partly may compute,
 But know not what’s resisted....Read more of this...



by Berryman, John
...Henry, edged, decidedly, made up stories
lighting the past of Henry, of his glorious
present, and his hoaries,
all the bight heals he tamped— —Euphoria,
Mr Bones, euphoria. Fate clobber all.
—Hand me back my crawl,

condign Heaven. Tighten into a ball
elongate & valved Henry. Tuck him peace.
Render him sightless,
or ruin at high rate his crampon ...Read more of this...

by Hecht, Anthony
...Higgledy piggeldy
Archangel Rafael,
Speaking of Satan's re-
Bellion from God:

"Chap was decidedly
Turgiversational,
Given to lewdness and
Rodomontade."...Read more of this...

by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
...ce the horse stood still,
Close by the meet'n'-house on the hill.
First a shiver, and then a thrill,
Then something decidedly like a spill, --
And the parson was sitting upon a rock,
At half past nine by the meet'n-house clock, --
Just the hour of the Earthquake shock!
What do you think the parson found,
When he got up and stared around?
The poor old chaise in a heap or mound,
As if it had been to the mill and ground!
You see, of course, if you're not a dunce,
How it went...Read more of this...

by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
...ce the horse stood still,
Close by the meet'n'-house on the hill.
First a shiver, and then a thrill,
Then something decidedly like a spill, --
And the parson was sitting upon a rock,
At half past nine by the meet'n-house clock, --
Just the hour of the Earthquake shock!
What do you think the parson found,
When he got up and stared around?
The poor old chaise in a heap or mound,
As if it had been to the mill and ground!
You see, of course, if you're not a dunce,
How it went...Read more of this...



by Lawrence, D. H.
...iumph of his own existence,
Ringing the soundless bell of his presence in chaos,
And biting the frail grass arrogantly,
Decidedly arrogantly....Read more of this...

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