Famous Life Lesson Poems by Famous Poets

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

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A Life-Lesson

by James Whitcomb Riley
 There! little girl; don't cry! 
They have broken your doll, I know; 
And your tea-set blue, 
And your play-house, too, 
Are things of the long ago; 
But childish troubles will soon pass by. -- 
There! little girl; don't cry! 

There! little girl; don't cry! 
They have broken your slate, I know; 
And the glad, wild ways 
Of your schoolgirl...Read more of this...

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