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Famous Main(A) Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Main(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 main(a) poems. These examples illustrate what a famous main(a) poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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by Khayyam, Omar
...I saw a busy potter by the way
Kneading with might and main a lump of clay;
And, lo! the clay cried, «Use me gently, pray;
I was a man myself but yesterday!»...Read more of this...



by Hopkins, Gerard Manley
...No worst, there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief,
More pangs will, schooled at forepangs, wilder wring.
Comforter, where, where is your comforting?
Mary, mother of us, where is your relief?
My cries heave, herds-long; huddle in a main, a chief
Woe, world-sorrow; on an age-old anvil wince and sing—
Then lull, then leave off. Fury had shrieke...Read more of this...

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