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Famous Inconsistency Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Petrarch, Francesco
...SONNET CIV. Pace non trovo, e non ho da far guerra. LOVE'S INCONSISTENCY.  I fynde no peace and all my warre is done,I feare and hope, I bourne and freese lyke yse;I flye above the wynde, yet cannot ryse;And nought I have, yet all the worlde I season,Read more of this...



by Gibran, Kahlil
...er of ocean by the frailty of its foam. 

To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconsistency. 

Ay, you are like an ocean, 

And though heavy-grounded ships await the tide upon your shores, yet, even like an ocean, you cannot hasten your tides. 

And like the seasons you are also, 

And though in your winter you deny your spring, 

Yet spring, reposing within you, smiles in her drowsiness and is not offended. 

Think not I ...Read more of this...

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