Famous Multiplication Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Multiplication

by Joyce Kilmer
 (For S. M. E.)

I take my leave, with sorrow, of Him I love so well;
I look my last upon His small and radiant prison-cell;
O happy lamp! to serve Him with never ceasing light!
O happy flame! to tremble forever in His sight!
I leave the holy quiet for the loudly human train,
And my heart that He has breathed upon is filled...Read more of this...

Multiplication Is Vexation

by Mother Goose
Multiplication is vexation,
    Division is as bad;
The Rule of Three doth puzzle me,
    And Practice drives me mad....Read more of this...

The Times Table

by Robert Frost
 More than halfway up the pass
Was a spring with a broken drinking glass,
And whether the farmer drank or not
His mare was sure to observe the spot
By cramping the wheel on a water-bar,
turning her forehead with a star,
And straining her ribs for a monster sigh;
To which the farmer would make reply,
'A sigh for every so many breath,
And for every so...Read more of this...

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