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Famous Looked For(A) Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Robinson, Edwin Arlington
...(To Mrs. Henry Richards)


Isaac and Archibald were two old men. 
I knew them, and I may have laughed at them 
A little; but I must have honored them 
For they were old, and they were good to me. 

I do not think of either of them now,
Without remembering, infallibly, 
A journey that I made one afternoon 
With Isaac to find out what Archibald 
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by Sexton, Anne
...No matter what life you lead
the virgin is a lovely number:
cheeks as fragile as cigarette paper,
arms and legs made of Limoges,
lips like Vin Du Rhône,
rolling her china-blue doll eyes
open and shut.
Open to say, 
Good Day Mama,
and shut for the thrust
of the unicorn.
She is unsoiled.
She is as white as a bonefish.

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