Famous Measurable Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Measurable poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous measurable poems. These examples illustrate what a famous measurable poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Robinson, Edwin Arlington
...nd it means no more than sap,
Until we boil the water out of it
Over the fire of sacrifice. I’ll do it;
And in a measurable way I’ve done it—
But not for him. What are you smiling at?
Well, so it went until a day in June.
We were together under an old elm,
Which now, I hope, is gone—though it’s a crime
In me that I should have to wish the death
Of such a tree as that. There were no trees
Like those that grew at school—until he came.
We stood toget...Read more of this...
by
Gregory, Rg
...
she says (rating herself lowly)
not in this life he cries
in awe of her soully
the years they have left sing loud
not measurable timely
o they will to give to each other
in all manners sublimely...Read more of this...
by
Chaucer, Geoffrey
...ion, Rasis, and Avicen;
Averrois, Damascene, and Constantin;
Bernard, and Gatisden, and Gilbertin.
Of his diet measurable was he,
For it was of no superfluity,
But of great nourishing, and digestible.
His study was but little on the Bible.
In sanguine* and in perse** he clad was all *red **blue
Lined with taffeta, and with sendall*. *fine silk
And yet *he was but easy of dispense*: *he spent very little*
He kept *that he won in the pestilence*. *the m...Read more of this...
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