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Famous Hankers Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...ld man!
He’s doylt and he’s dozin, his blude it is frozen,
 O dreary’s the night wi’ a crazy auld man.


He hums and he hankers, he frets and he cankers,
 I never can please him do a’ that I can;
He’s peevish an’ jealous o’ a’ the young fellows,—
 O dool on the day I met wi’ an auld man!
He’s peevish an’ jealous o’ a’ the young fellows,
 O dool on the day I met wi’ an auld man.


My auld auntie Katie upon me taks pity,
 I’ll do my endeavour to follow her plan;
I’ll cross him ...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert



...the man—the
 body of the earth,
Soft forenoon airs that blow from the south-west, 
The hairy wild-bee that murmurs and hankers up and down—that gripes the full-grown
 lady-flower, curves upon her with amorous firm legs, takes his will of her, and holds
 himself tremulous and tight till he is satisfied, 
The wet of woods through the early hours, 
Two sleepers at night lying close together as they sleep, one with an arm slanting down
 across and below the waist of the other, 
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by Whitman, Walt

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