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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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by Lehman, David
...ague Bolshevik
 who thinks he is the agent of world history.
But most of them are neither ostentatiously pious nor
 excessively avaricious.
How I envy them! They believe.
How I envy them their annual family reunion on Passover,
 anniversary of the Exodus, when all the uncles and aunts and
 cousins get together.
They wonder about the heritage of Judaism they are passing along
 to their children.
Have they done as much as they could to keep the old embers
 b...Read more of this...



by Carroll, Lewis
...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 awkward to mention it now--
As I think I've already remarked."
And the man they called "...Read more of this...

by Carroll, Lewis
...urth.

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 awkward to mention it now--
 As I think I've already remarked."
And the man they calle...Read more of this...

by Lear, Edward
...
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...

by Lear, Edward
...
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...



by Lear, Edward
...
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...

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