Famous Piet Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Inferno (Italian)

...i per ogne calle.

 Allor fu la paura un poco queta

che nel lago del cor m'era durata

la notte ch'i' passai con tanta pieta.

 E come quei che con lena affannata

uscito fuor del pelago a la riva

si volge a l'acqua perigliosa e guata,

 cos? l'animo mio, ch'ancor fuggiva,

si volse a retro a rimirar lo passo

che non lasci? gi? mai persona viva.

 Poi ch'?i posato un poco il corpo lasso,

ripresi via per la piaggia diserta,

s? che 'l pi? fermo sempre era 'l pi? basso.

 E...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante


Monna Innominata: A Sonnet of Sonnets

...e,
And death be strong, yet love is strong as death. 


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Come dicesse a Dio: D'altro non calme. - Dante
Spero trovar piet? non che perdono. - Petrarca

"I, if I perish, perish"--Esther spake:
And bride of life or death she made her fair
In all the lustre of her perfum'd hair
And smiles that kindle longing but to slake.
She put on pomp of loveliness, to take
Her husband through his eyes at unaware;
She spread abroad her beauty for a snare,
Harmless as doves and subtle as a ...Read more of this...
by Rossetti, Christina

Paradiso (Italian)

...quel che far non si convenne;
 come Almeone, che, di ci? pregato
dal padre suo, la propria madre spense,
per non perder piet?, si f? spietato.
 A questo punto voglio che tu pense
che la forza al voler si mischia, e fanno
s? che scusar non si posson l'offense.
 Voglia assoluta non consente al danno;
ma consentevi in tanto in quanto teme,
se si ritrae, cadere in pi? affanno.
 Per?, quando Piccarda quello spreme,
de la voglia assoluta intende, e io
de l'altra; s? che ver diciamo...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Two Kopjes

...orn not the African kopje,
 The kopje that smiles in the heat,
 The wholly unoccupied kopje,
 The home of Cornelius and Piet.
 You can never be sure of your kopje,
 But of this be you blooming well sure,
 A kopje is always a kopje,
 And a Boojer is always a Boer!

Only two African kopjes,
 Only the vultures above,
Only baboons--at the bottom,
 Only some buck on the move;
Only a Kensington draper
 Only pretending to scout . . .
.Only bad news for the paper,
 Only another knock...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard

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