Famous Embarrasses Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Embarrasses poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous embarrasses poems. These examples illustrate what a famous embarrasses poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Dickinson, Emily
...So large my Will
The little that I may
Embarrasses
Like gentle infamy --
Affront to Him
For whom the Whole were small
Affront to me
Who know His Meed of all.
Earth at the best
Is but a scanty Toy --
Bought, carried Home
To Immortality.
It looks so small
We chiefly wonder then
At our Conceit
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by
Ondaatje, Michael
...
when you retreat from everyone
to sit in bed under a quilt.
And when I say 'like'
I mean of course 'love'
but that embarrasses you.
You who feel superior to black and white movies
(coaxed for hours to see Casablanca)
though you were moved
by Creature from the Black Lagoon.
One day I'll come swimming
beside your ship or someone will
and if you hear the siren
listen to it. For if you close your ears
only nothing happens. You will never change.
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