Famous Past Tense Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Past Tense poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous past tense poems. These examples illustrate what a famous past tense poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Chaucer, Geoffrey
...as ye shall hear.
Notes to the Prologue to The Man of Law's Tale
1. Plight: pulled; the word is an obsolete past tense from
"pluck."
2. No more than will Malkin's maidenhead: a proverbial saying;
which, however, had obtained fresh point from the Reeve's
Tale, to which the host doubtless refers.
3. De par dieux jeo asente: "by God, I agree". It is
characteristic that the somewhat pompous Sergeant of Law
should couch his assent in the semi-barb...Read more of this...
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