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Famous Densest Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...toons hang from the windows; 
When Broadway is entirely given up to foot-passengers and foot-standers—when the mass is
 densest;

When the façades of the houses are alive with people—when eyes gaze, riveted, tens of
 thousands
 at a time; 
When the guests from the islands advance—when the pageant moves forward, visible; 
When the summons is made—when the answer that waited thousands of years, answers;
I too, arising, answering, descend to the pavements, merge with the crowd,...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt



...oof, 
Brow, bay and tray and three aloof, 
The stag, the runnable stag.

For a matter of twenty miles and more, 
By the densest hedge and the highest wall, 
Through herds of bullocks lie baffled the lore 
Of harbourer, huntsman, hounds and all, 
Of harbourer, hounds and all 
The stag of warrant, the wily stag, 
For twenty miles, and five and five, 
He ran, and he never was caught alive, 
This stag, this runnable stag.

When he turn'd at bay in the leafy gloom, 
In the emerald...Read more of this...
by Davidson, John
...All up hill and upon open ground, which was his only chance. 

Then Captain Norton's battery planted shells amongst the densest mass,
Determined with shot and shell the enemy to harass;
Then carne the shock of the rebels against the British square,
While the fiendish shouts of the Arabs did rend the air. 

But the steadiness of the Guards, Marines, and Infantry prevailed,
And for the loss of their brother officers they sadly bewailed,
Who fell mortally wounded in the bloody f...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

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