Famous Ded Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Ded poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous ded poems. These examples illustrate what a famous ded poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Goose, Mother
...sp; I have little more to say, So will you, yea or nay,For least said is soonest mended-ded, ded, ded." The little maid replied, "Should I be your little bride,Pray what must we have for to eat, eat, eat? Will the flame that you're so rich in Light a fire in the kitchen?Or the little god of love turn the spit, spit, spit?"...Read more of this...
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Eliot, T S (Thomas Stearns)
...dubbed al aboute,
Smal sendal bisides, a selure hir ouer
Of tryed tolouse, and tars tapites innoghe,
That were enbrawded and beten wyth the best gemmes
That myyght be preued of prys wyth penyes to bye,
in daye.
The comlokest to discrye
Ther glent with yyghen gray,
A semloker that euer he syyghe
Soth moyght no mon say.
Bot Arthure wolde not ete til al were serued,
He watz so joly of his joyfnes, and sumquat childgered:
His lif liked hym lyyght, he louied th...Read more of this...
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Spenser, Edmund
...ch was worne, but therein little red,
For of devotion he had little care,
Still drownd in sleepe, and most of his dayes ded;
Scarse could he once uphold his heavie hed,
To looken, whether it were night or day:
May seeme the wayne was very evill led,
When such an one had guiding of the way,
That knew not, whether right he went, or else astray.
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From worldly cares himselfe he did esloyne.
And greatly shunned manly exercise,
From every worke he chalenged essoyne.Read more of this...
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Chaucer, Geoffrey
...Took purpos ful this forknowinge wyse,
And to the Grekes ost ful prively
He stal anoon; and they, in curteys wyse,
Hym deden bothe worship and servyse,
In trust that he hath conning hem to rede
In every peril which that is to drede.
The noyse up roos, whan it was first aspyed,
Thorugh al the toun, and generally was spoken,
That Calkas traytor fled was, and allyed
With hem of Grece; and casten to ben wroken
On him that falsly hadde his feith so broken;
And seyden, he an...Read more of this...
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