Famous Guidebook Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Prospects

by Anthony Hecht
 We have set out from here for the sublime
Pastures of summer shade and mountain stream;
I have no doubt we shall arrive on time.

Is all the green of that enameled prime
A snapshot recollection or a dream?
We have set out from here for the sublime

Without provisions, without one thin dime,
And yet, for all our clumsiness, I deem
It certain that we shall...Read more of this...

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