Famous Fluctuation Poems by Famous Poets

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

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The Book of Urizen: Chapter II

...part in my stern counsels
Reserv'd for the days of futurity,
I have sought for a joy without pain, 
For a solid without fluctuation
Why will you die O Eternals?
Why live in unquenchable burnings?

5. First I fought with the fire; consum'd
Inwards, into a deep world within: 
A void immense, wild dark & deep,
Where nothing was: Natures wide womb
And self balanc'd stretch'd o'er the void
I alone, even I! the winds merciless
Bound; but condensing, in torrents 
They fall & fall; s...Read more of this...
by Blake, William


The Princess (part 6)

...and there 
Rested: but great the crush was, and each base, 
To left and right, of those tall columns drowned 
In silken fluctuation and the swarm 
Of female whisperers: at the further end 
Was Ida by the throne, the two great cats 
Close by her, like supporters on a shield, 
Bow-backed with fear: but in the centre stood 
The common men with rolling eyes; amazed 
They glared upon the women, and aghast 
The women stared at these, all silent, save 
When armour clashed or jingled...Read more of this...
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord

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