Famous Lorelei Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Lorelei

by Sylvia Plath
 It is no night to drown in:
A full moon, river lapsing
Black beneath bland mirror-sheen,

The blue water-mists dropping
Scrim after scrim like fishnets
Though fishermen are sleeping,

The massive castle turrets
Doubling themselves in a glass
All stillness. Yet these shapes float

Up toward me, troubling the face
Of quiet. From the nadir
They rise, their limbs ponderous

With richness, hair heavier
Than sculptured marble. They sing
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