Famous Overmatched Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Paradise Regained: The Second Book

.... I summon all
Rather to be in readiness with hand
Or counsel to assist, lest I, who erst
Thought none my equal, now be overmatched."
 So spake the old Serpent, doubting, and from all
With clamour was assured their utmost aid
At his command; when from amidst them rose
Belial, the dissolutest Spirit that fell, 
The sensualest, and, after Asmodai,
The fleshliest Incubus, and thus advised:—
 "Set women in his eye and in his walk,
Among daughters of men the fairest found.
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by Milton, John


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