Famous Paramount Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Sonnet LXIV

by Francesco Petrarch
SONNET LXIV. Io amai sempre, ed amo forte ancora. HE LOVES, AND WILL ALWAYS LOVE, THE SPOT AND THE HOUR IN WHICH HE FIRST BECAME ENAMOURED OF LAURA.  I always loved, I love sincerely yet,And to love more from day to day shall learn,The charming spot where oft in grief I turnWhen...Read more of this...

Leffingwell

by Edwin Arlington Robinson
 I—THE LURE

No, no,—forget your Cricket and your Ant, 
For I shall never set my name to theirs 
That now bespeak the very sons and heirs 
Incarnate of Queen Gossip and King Cant. 
The case of Leffingwell is mixed, I grant,
And futile Seems the burden that he bears; 
But are we sounding his forlorn affairs 
Who brand him parasite and...Read more of this...

The House of Fortune III

by Kahlil Gibran
 My wearied heart bade me farewell and left for the House of Fortune. As he reached that holy city which the soul had blessed and worshipped, he commenced wondering, for he could not find what he had always imagined would be there. The city was empty of power, money, and authority. 

And my heart spoke to the daughter of...Read more of this...

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