Famous Manifestly Poems by Famous Poets

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

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One Size Fits All: A Critical Essay

...h.
In a similar vein
To be sure:
Make no mistake.
Nary a trace.

However,
Aside from
With
And with,
Not
And not,
Rather
Manifestly
Indeed.

Which is to say,
In fictional terms,
For reasons that are never made clear,
Not without meaning,
Though (as is far from unusual)
Perhaps too late.

The first thing that must be said is
Perhaps, because
And, not least of all,
Certainly more,
Which is to say
In ever other respect
Meanwhile.

But then perhaps
Though
And though
On the whole
A...Read more of this...
by Lehman, David


Sonnet LXXXI

...'s honour'd headTo Cæsar sent; then, records so relate,To shroud a gladness manifestly great,Some feigned tears the specious monarch shed:And, when misfortune her dark mantle spreadO'er Hannibal, and his afflicted state,He laugh'd 'midst those who wept their adverse fate,That rank despite to wreak defeat had bred.Read more of this...
by Petrarch, Francesco

Such Such Is Death

...Ghosts do not say,
"Come, what was your record when you drew breath?"
But a big blot has hid each yesterday
So poor, so manifestly incomplete.
And your bright Promise, withered long and sped,
Is touched, stirs, rises, opens and grows sweet
And blossoms and is you, when you are dead....Read more of this...
by Sorley, Charles

Two Sonnets

...sts do not say, 
"Come, what was your record when you drew breath?" 
But a big blot has hid each yesterday 
So poor, so manifestly incomplete. 
And your bright Promise, withered long and sped, 
Is touched; stirs, rises, opens and grows sweet 
And blossoms and is you, when you are dead....Read more of this...
by Sorley, Charles

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