Famous Decries Poems by Famous Poets

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

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He Wonders Whether to Praise or Blame Her

by Rupert Brooke
 I have peace to weigh your worth, now all is over,
But if to praise or blame you, cannot say.
For, who decries the loved, decries the lover;
Yet what man lauds the thing he’s thrown away?

Be you, in truth, this dull, slight, cloudy naught,
The more fool I, so great a fool to adore;
But if you’re that high goddess once I thought,
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