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Famous Detects Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Browning, Robert
...ives us the good things. 
In every man's career are certain points 
Whereon he dares not be indifferent; 
The world detects him clearly, if he dare, 
As baffled at the game, and losing life. 
He may care little or he may care much 
For riches, honour, pleasure, work, repose, 
Since various theories of life and life's 
Success are extant which might easily 
Comport with either estimate of these; 
And whoso chooses wealth or poverty, 
Labour or quiet, is not judged a fo...Read more of this...



by Brodsky, Joseph
...corners.
Morning enters the premises with a coroner's
punctuality, puts its ear 
to the ribs of a cold radiator, detects sub-zero:
the afterlife has to start somewhere.
Correspondingly, the angelic curls
grow more blond, the skin gains its distant, lordly
white, while the bedding already coils
desperately in the basement laundry.
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by Smart, Christopher
...Hur rejoice with the Berry-bearing Angelica. 

Let Harhaiah of the Goldsmiths rejoice with Segullum, the earth that detects the mine. 

Let Harumaph rejoice with the Upright Honeysuckle. 

Let Hashabniah rejoice with the Water Melon. Blessed be the manuscripts of Almighty God. 

Let Phaseah rejoice with the Cassioberry Bush. 

Let Nephishesim rejoice with Cannacorus Indian Reed. 

Let Tamah rejoice with Cainito Star-Apple -- God be praised for this...Read more of this...

by Field, Eugene
...omme bien" for his wares;
And, though the German stolid be,
His so-called heart of steel
Becomes as soft as wax when he
Detects the words "Wie viel."

Go, search the boulevards and rues
From Havre to Marseilles--
You'll find all eloquence you use
Except "Comme bien" fails;
Or in the country auf der Rhine
Essay a business deal
And all your art is good fuhr nein
Beyond the point--"Wie viel."

It matters not what game or prey
Attracts your greedy eyes--
You must pursue t...Read more of this...

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