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Famous Dislocated Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...o this strange sling, 
 Of which the body was the potent string; 
 And while 'twas brandished in a deadly way, 
 The dislocated arms made monstrous play 
 With hideous gestures, as now upside down 
 The bludgeon corpse a giant force had grown. 
 "'Tis well!" said Eviradnus, and he cried, 
 "Arrange between yourselves, you two allied; 
 If hell-fire were extinguished, surely it 
 By such a contest might be all relit; 
 From kindling spark struck out from dead King's ...Read more of this...
by Hugo, Victor



...ve. 
'Follow the faces, and we find it. Look, 
Who comes behind?' 

For one--delayed at first 
Through helping back the dislocated Kay 
To Camelot, then by what thereafter chanced, 
The damsel's headlong error through the wood-- 
Sir Lancelot, having swum the river-loops-- 
His blue shield-lions covered--softly drew 
Behind the twain, and when he saw the star 
Gleam, on Sir Gareth's turning to him, cried, 
'Stay, felon knight, I avenge me for my friend.' 
And Gareth crying pr...Read more of this...
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord

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