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Famous Gapped Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry
...with faith our valiant corps. 
 
 Let orphans weep, and widows brood! 
 To-morrow we shall wash the blood 
 Off saw-gapped sword and lances bent, 
 So, close the ranks and fire the tent! 
 And chill yon coward cavalcade 
 With brazen bugles blaring loud, 
 E'en though our chargers' neighing proud 
 Already has the host dismayed. 
 
 Spur, horsemen, spur! the charge resounds! 
 On Gaelic spear the Northman bounds! 
 Through helmet plumes the arrows flit, 
 And pl...Read more of this...
by Hugo, Victor



...stars. 
I stumbled in; the dusty floors were strewn 
With cumbering piles of planks and props and beams; 
Tall windows gapped the walls; the place was free 
To every searching gust and jousting gale;
But now they slept; I was afraid to speak, 
And heavily the shadows crowded in. 

I called him, once; then listened: nothing moved: 
Only my thumping heart beat out the time. 
Whispering his name, I groped from room to room. 

Quite empty was that house; it could not hold 
His h...Read more of this...
by Sassoon, Siegfried
...ed sky shrieks or the rifles crack 
like stockwhip amongst the gums -- 
And the `straight' is reached and the field is `gapped' 
and the hoof-torn sward grows red 
With the blood of those who are handicapped with iron and steel and lead; 
And the gaps are filled, though unseen by eyes, 
with the spirit and with the shades 
Of the world-wide rebel dead who'll rise and rush with the Bush Brigades. 

. . . . . 

All creeds and trades will have soldiers there -- 
give every class...Read more of this...
by Lawson, Henry

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry