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Famous Paint A Picture Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Dickinson, Emily
...I would not paint -- a picture --
I'd rather be the One
Its bright impossibility
To dwell -- delicious -- on --
And wonder how the fingers feel
Whose rare -- celestial -- stir --
Evokes so sweet a Torment --
Such sumptuous -- Despair --

I would not talk, like Cornets --
I'd rather be the One
Raised softly to the Ceilings --
And out, and easy on --
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by Doty, Mark
...Because she could find no one else to paint a picture of the old family place where she and her sisters lived. . .she attended an adult education class in Montpelier. In one evening Bessie Drennan learned everything she would need to accomplish her goals. . .
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Bessie, you've made space dizzy
with your perfected technique for sno...Read more of this...

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