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Famous Generic Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Dugan, Alan
...ll her husband Dick
no matter what his first name was
and did. He called her Ditty. They
called me Bud, and our generic names
amused my analyst. That must, she said,
explain the crazy times I had in bed
and quoted Freud: "Life is pain."
"What do women want?" and "My
prosthesis does not speak French."...Read more of this...



by Dickinson, Emily
...Winter is good -- his Hoar Delights
Italic flavor yield
To Intellects inebriate
With Summer, or the World --

Generic as a Quarry
And hearty -- as a Rose --
Invited with Asperity
But welcome when he goes....Read more of this...

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