Famous Delinquents Poems by Famous Poets

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

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You Felons on Trial in Courts

by Walt Whitman
 YOU felons on trial in courts; 
You convicts in prison-cells—you sentenced assassins, chain’d and
 hand-cuff’d
 with
 iron; 
Who am I, too, that I am not on trial, or in prison? 
Me, ruthless and devilish as any, that my wrists are not chain’d with iron, or my
 ankles
 with
 iron? 

You prostitutes flaunting over the trottoirs, or obscene in your...Read more of this...

The Dog And His Master

by Anne Kingsmill Finch
 NO better Dog e'er kept his Master's Door 
Than honest Snarl, who spar'd nor Rich nor Poor; 
But gave the Alarm, when any one drew nigh, 
Nor let pretended Friends pass fearless by: 
For which reprov'd, as better Fed than Taught, 
He rightly thus expostulates the Fault. 

To keep the House from Rascals was my Charge; 
The Task was...Read more of this...

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