Famous Flounced Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Babi Yar

by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
 No monument stands over Babi Yar.
A drop sheer as a crude gravestone. 
I am afraid.
 Today I am as old in years 
as all the Jewish people. 
Now I seem to be
 a Jew. 
Here I plod through ancient Egypt. 
Here I perish crucified, on the cross, 
and to this day I bear the scars of nails. 
I seem...Read more of this...

The Prinkin Leddie

by Elinor Wylie
 The Hielan' lassies are a' for spinnin', 
The Lowlan' lassies for prinkin' and pinnin'; 
My daddie w'u'd chide me, an' so w'u'd my minnie 
If I s'u'd bring hame sic a prinkin' leddie.

Now haud your tongue, ye haverin' coward, 
For whilst I'm young I'll go flounced an' flowered, 
In lutestring striped like the strings o' a fiddle, 
Wi' gowden...Read more of this...

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