Famous Parsing Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Charles Augustus Fortescue

by Hilaire Belloc
 The nicest child I ever knew
Was Charles Augustus Fortescue.
He never lost his cap, or tore
His stockings or his pinafore:
In eating Bread he made no Crumbs,
He was extremely fond of sums,

To which, however, he preferred
The Parsing of a Latin Word--
He sought, when it was within his power,
For information twice an hour,

And as for finding Mutton-Fat
Unappatising, far from that!
He often, at...Read more of this...

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