Famous Etymology Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Etymology poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous etymology poems. These examples illustrate what a famous etymology poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Borges, Jorge Luis
...house to us,
the smell of a library, or of sandalwood,
the former name of a street,
the colors of a map,
an unforeseen etymology,
the smoothness of a filed fingernail,
the date we were looking for,
the twelve dark bell-strokes, tolling as we count,
a sudden physical pain.
Eight million Shinto deities
travel secretly throughout the earth.
Those modest gods touch us--
touch us and move on....Read more of this...
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