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Famous Masquerading Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Burns, Robert
...her, gaun as Premiers lead him:
An’ saying ay or no’s they bid him:
At operas an’ plays parading,
Mortgaging, gambling, masquerading:
Or maybe, in a frolic daft,
To Hague or Calais takes a waft,
To mak a tour an’ tak a whirl,
To learn bon ton, an’ see the worl’.
 There, at Vienna, or Versailles,
He rives his father’s auld entails;
Or by Madrid he takes the rout,
To thrum guitars an’ fecht wi’ nowt;
Or down Italian vista startles,
 Wh-re-hunting amang groves o’ myrtles:
Th...Read more of this...



by Gregory, Rg
...ride
sprouts white in prim rejoicing
hunches around at eastertide
spry uncle with (brightly voicing)
maids and suchlike masquerading

when hedged in (deprived of pique)
its softer nature greenly oozing
it’s host to children’s fingers
(their tasty bread and cheesing)
first name means strength in greek
one of nature’s best harbingers

many names to match its guises
whitethorn quickthorn ske **** hag
rich too in its folklore listings
much belies its tetchy tag
its wry wood (tang...Read more of this...

by Paterson, Andrew Barton
...auds -- 
This out-of-way country invading, 
If a man dresses well 
And behaves like a swell, 
Then he's somebody's cook masquerading. 

But an out-an-out ass 
With a thirst for the glass 
And the symptoms of drink on his "boko", 
Who is perpetually 
Pursuing the ballet, 
He is always the "true Orinoco". 

We must slave with our quills -- 
Keep the cash -- pay the bills -- 
Keep account of the liquor and victuals -- 
So I think you'll agree 
That the gay A.D.C....Read more of this...

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