Famous Excessively Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Fit the Fourth ( Hunting of the Snark )

by Lewis Carroll
 The Hunting 


The Bellman looked uffish, and wrinkled his brow.
"If only you'd spoken before!
It's excessively awkward to mention it now,
With the Snark, so to speak, at the door! 
"We should all of us grieve, as you well may believe,
If you never were met with again--
But surely, my man, when the voyage began,
You might have suggested it then? 

"It's excessively...Read more of this...

There was a Young Lady of Portugal

by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady of Portugal,Whose ideas were excessively nautical;She climbed up a tree to examine the sea,But declared she would never leave Portugal. ...Read more of this...

There was an Old Man of the Hague

by Edward Lear
There was an Old Man of the Hague,Whose ideas were excessively vague;He built a balloon to examine the moon,That deluded Old Man of the Hague. ...Read more of this...

A Little History

by David Lehman
 Some people find out they are Jews.
They can't believe it.
Thy had always hated Jews.
As children they had roamed in gangs on winter nights in the old
 neighborhood, looking for Jews.
They were not Jewish, they were Irish.
They brandished broken bottles, tough guys with blood on their
 lips, looking for Jews.
They intercepted Jewish boys walking alone and beat them up.
Sometimes they...Read more of this...

There was a Young Lady of Poole

by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady of Poole,Whose soup was excessively cool;So she put it to boil by the aid of some oil,That ingenious Young Lady of Poole. ...Read more of this...

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