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Famous Namesake Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry
...n and out as one. 
Maybe this is done at last 
or for now, this search for what 
is never here. Maybe all that 
ancient namesake sang is true. 
The voice I hear now is 
my own night voice, going out 
and coming back in an old chant 
that calms me, that calms 
-- for all I know -- the waves 
still lost out there....Read more of this...
by Levine, Philip



...hur, the King's;
For when thou playest that air with Queen Isolt,
Thou makest broken music with thy bride,
Her daintier namesake down in Brittany--
And so thou breakest Arthur's music, too."
"Save for that broken music in thy brains,
Sir Fool," said Tristram, "I would break thy head.
Fool, I came late, the heathen wars were o'er,
The life had flown, we sware but by the shell--
I am but a fool to reason with a fool--
Come, thou art crabb'd and sour: but lean me down,
Sir Dagon...Read more of this...
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
...erected this marble shaft,
On which stands the figure of a woman
Carved by an Italian artist.
They say the ashes of my namesake
Were scattered near the pyramid of Caius Cestius
Somewhere near Rome....Read more of this...
by Masters, Edgar Lee
..., the King's; 
For when thou playest that air with Queen Isolt, 
Thou makest broken music with thy bride, 
Her daintier namesake down in Brittany-- 
And so thou breakest Arthur's music too.' 
`Save for that broken music in thy brains, 
Sir Fool,' said Tristram, `I would break thy head. 
Fool, I came too late, the heathen wars were o'er, 
The life had flown, we sware but by the shell-- 
I am but a fool to reason with a fool-- 
Come, thou art crabbed and sour: but lean me down,...Read more of this...
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord

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