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Famous Outgrew Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Yeats, William Butler
...I ranted to the knave and fool,
But outgrew that school,
Would transform the part,
Fit audience found, but cannot rule
My fanatic heart.

I sought my betters: though in each
Fine manners, liberal speech,
Turn hatred into sport,
Nothing said or done can reach
My fanatic heart.

Out of Ireland have we come.
Great hatred, little room,
Maimed us at the start.
I carry from my mother...Read more of this...



by Sexton, Anne
...how did you crawl into, 
crawl down alone 
into the death I wanted so badly and for so long, 
the death we said we both outgrew, 
the one we wore on our skinny breasts, 
the one we talked of so often each time 
we downed three extra dry martinis in Boston, 
the death that talked of analysts and cures, 
the death that talked like brides with plots, 
the death we drank to, 
the motives and the quiet deed? 
(In Boston 
the dying 
ride in cabs, 
yes death again, 
that ride home 
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by Chesterton, G K
...e age 
And Dogma, which, as is well known, 
Does simply hate to be outgrown). 
Grubby, the young idea that shoots, 
Outgrew the ages like old boots; 
While still, to all appearance, small, 
Would have no Miracles at all; 
And just before the age of ten 
Firmly refused Free Will to men. 
The altars reeled, the heavens shook, 
Just as he read of in the book; 
Flung from his house went forth the youth 
Alone with tempests and the Truth. 
Up to the distant city and di...Read more of this...

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