Famous Parallelismus Membrorum Poems by Famous Poets

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

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And They Obey

by Carl Sandburg
 SMASH down the cities.
Knock the walls to pieces.
Break the factories and cathedrals, warehouses
and homes
Into loose piles of stone and lumber and black
burnt wood:
You are the soldiers and we command you.

Build up the cities.
Set up the walls again.
Put together once more the factories and cathedrals,
warehouses and homes
Into buildings for life and labor:
You are workmen and citizens all: We
command you....Read more of this...

Motion

by Octavio Paz
If you are the amber mare
              I am the road of blood
If you are the first snow
              I am he who lights the hearth of dawn
If you are the tower of night
  ...Read more of this...

Curfew

by Paul Eluard
 What else could we do, for the doors were guarded,
What else could we do, for they had imprisoned us,
What else could we do, for the streets were forbidden us,
What else could we do, for the town was asleep?
What else could we do, for she hungered and thirsted,
What else could we do, for we were defenceless,
What else could we do,...Read more of this...

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