Famous Misconceived Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Misconceived poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous misconceived poems. These examples illustrate what a famous misconceived poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Stevenson, Robert Louis
...right or wrong of false or true,
While, skipper-like, his course he steers
Through nine and twenty mingled years,
Half misconceived and half forgot,
So much I know and practise not.
Old are the words of wisdom, old
The counsels of the wise and bold:
To close the ears, to check the tongue,
To keep the pining spirit young;
To act the right, to say the true,
And to be kind whate'er you do.
Thus we across the modern stage
Follow the wise of every age;
And, as oaks grow...Read more of this...
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