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

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The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam Of Naishapur

...h the Seventh Gate
I rose, and on the Throne of Saturn sate,
And many Knots unravelled by the Road;
But not the Knot of Human Death and Fate.

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There was a Door to which I found no Key:
There was a Veil past which I could not see:
Some little Talk awhile of ME and THEE
There seemed—and then no more of THEE and ME.

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Then to the rolling Heav'n itself I cried,
Asking, "What Lamp had Destiny to guide
Her little Children stumbling in the Dark?"
And—"A blind Understanding!" ...Read more of this...

by Fitzgerald, Edward

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