Famous Ludicrous Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Ludicrous poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous ludicrous poems. These examples illustrate what a famous ludicrous poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Newbolt, Sir Henry
...ly watching his every movement.
I may be wrong, or I may have told it badly,
But it struck me as being extremely ludicrous....Read more of this...
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Baudelaire, Charles
...arkness envelop his soul
Before this black tableau full of loathing.
O malformed monsters crying for clothing!
O ludicrous heads! Torsos needing disguise!
O poor writhing bodies of every wrong size,
Children that the god of the Useful swaths
In the language of bronze and brass!
And women, alas! You shadow your heredity,
You gnaw nourishment from debauchery,
A virgin holds maternal lechery
And all the horrors of fecundity!
We have, it is true, corrupt nations, ...Read more of this...
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Byron, George (Lord)
...e Laureate, deals about his judgments in the next world, is like his own judgment in this. If it was not completely ludicrous, it would be something worse. I don't think that there is much more to say at present.
QUEVEDO REDIVIVUS
P.S. — It is possible that some readers may object, in these objectionable times, to the freedom with which saints, angels, and spiritual persons discourse in this 'Vision.' But, for precedents upon such points, I must re...Read more of this...
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