Famous In A Nutshell Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...le delusions
nowhere-to-go-to finds its path

out of thin air a formal dance
of paint or ink has reached conclusion
and in a nutshell cosmos coughs...Read more of this...
by Gregory, Rg


Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie

...rs of children;
And how on Christmas eve the oxen talked in the stable,
And how the fever was cured by a spider shut up in a nutshell,
And of the marvellous powers of four-leaved clover and horseshoes,
With whatsoever else was writ in the lore of the village.
Then up rose from his seat by the fireside Basil the blacksmith,
Knocked from his pipe the ashes, and slowly extending his right hand,
"Father Leblanc," he exclaimed, "thou hast heard the talk in the village,
And, percha...Read more of this...
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

The English Flag

...Above the portico a flag-staff, bearing the Union Jack,
remained fluttering in the flames for some time, but ultimately
when it fell the crowds rent the air with shouts,
and seemed to see significance in the incident. -- DAILY PAPERS.


Winds of the World, give answer! They are whimpering to and fro --
And what should they know of England who only England ...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard

The Higher Pantheism in a Nutshell

...One, who is not, we see; but one, whom we see not, is; 
Surely this is not that; but that is assuredly this. 

What, and wherefore, and whence? for under is over and under; 
If thunder could be without lightning, lightning could be without thunder. 

Doubt is faith in the main; but faith, on the whole, is doubt; 
We cannot believe by proof; but could we be...Read more of this...
by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

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