Famous Detract Poems by Famous Poets

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

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We are born at sunset and we die ere morn,

by Fernando Pessoa
We are born at sunset and we die ere morn,

And the whole darkness of the world we know,

How can we guess its truth, to darkness born,

The obscure consequence of absent glow?

Only the stars do teach us light. We grasp

Their scattered smallnesses with thoughts that stray,

And, though their eyes look through night's complete mask,

Yet they speak not the features of the...Read more of this...

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