Famous Hancock Poems by Famous Poets

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

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John Hancock Otis

by Edgar Lee Masters
 As to democracy, fellow citizens,
Are you not prepared to admit
That I, who inherited riches and was to the manor born,
Was second to none in Spoon River
In my devotion to the cause of Liberty?
While my contemporary, Anthony Findlay,
Born in a shanty and beginning life
As a water carrier to the section hands,
Then becoming a section hand when he was grown,
Afterwards foreman...Read more of this...

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