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Famous Ottava Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...la: «Certo assai vedrai sommerso
nel falso il creder tuo, se bene ascolti
l'argomentar ch'io li far? avverso.
 La spera ottava vi dimostra molti
lumi, li quali e nel quale e nel quanto
notar si posson di diversi volti.
 Se raro e denso ci? facesser tanto,
una sola virt? sarebbe in tutti,
pi? e men distributa e altrettanto.
 Virt? diverse esser convegnon frutti
di princ?pi formali, e quei, for ch'uno,
seguiter?eno a tua ragion distrutti.
 Ancor, se raro fosse di quel bruno
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by Alighieri, Dante



...BY 
QUEVEDO REDIVIVUS 


SUGGESTED BY THE COMPOSITION SO ENTITLED BY THE AUTHOR OF 'WAT TYLER' 

'A Daniel come to judgment! yes a Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew for teaching me that word.' 

PREFACE 

It hath been wisely said, that 'One fool makes many;' and it hath been poetically observed —

'That fools rush in where angels fear to tread.' - Pope 

If Mr. So...Read more of this...
by Byron, George (Lord)

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