Famous Pessimist Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Pessimist poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous pessimist poems. These examples illustrate what a famous pessimist poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Field, Eugene
...dreary,
'Tis made cool and cheery
With wining,
and wining,
and wining.
If this life that we live be a dreaming
(As pessimist people are thinking),
To induce pleasant dreams there is nothing, meseems,
Like this sweet prescription,
That baffles description--
This drinking,
and drinking,
and drinking....Read more of this...
by
Hardy, Thomas
...I'm Smith of Stoke aged sixty odd
I've lived without a dame all my life
And wish to God
My dad had done the same....Read more of this...
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