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Famous Materialistic Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Lawrence, D. H.
...ost frightened.

He is much smaller,
Dapper beside her,
And ridiculously small.

Her laconic eye has an earthy, materialistic look,
His, poor darling, is almost fiery.
His wimple, his blunt-prowed face,
His low forehead, his skinny neck, his long, scaled, striving legs,
So striving, striving,
Are all more delicate than she,
And he has a cruel scar on his shell.

Poor darling, biting at her feet,
Running beside her like a dog, biting her earthy, splay feet,
Nip...Read more of this...



by Whitman, Walt
...ents! 
Health, defiance, gayety, self-esteem, curiosity; 
Allons! from all formules!
From your formules, O bat-eyed and materialistic priests! 

The stale cadaver blocks up the passage—the burial waits no longer. 

Allons! yet take warning! 
He traveling with me needs the best blood, thews, endurance; 
None may come to the trial, till he or she bring courage and health.

Come not here if you have already spent the best of yourself; 
Only those may come, who come in sw...Read more of this...

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