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Famous Impasse Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...d struggled
against the sand
underneath the rain
of “no” and “yes”,
forcefully treading
on the rationale
that obeys
the impasse of “maybe”....Read more of this...
by Kraniotis, Dimitris P



...eamed their arguments, their stricken voices.
We might embrace, but those two never did,
Come, so unlike us, to a stiff impasse,
Burdened in such a way we seemed the lighter-
Ourselves the haunters, and they, flesh and blood;
As if, above love's ruinage, we were
The heaven those two dreamed of, in despair....Read more of this...
by Plath, Sylvia

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