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Famous Pithless Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...his? 
That they, unless through Him, do nought at all, 
And must submit: what other use in things? 
'Hath cut a pipe of pithless elder-joint 
That, blown through, gives exact the scream o' the jay 
When from her wing you twitch the feathers blue: 
Sound this, and little birds that hate the jay 
Flock within stone's throw, glad their foe is hurt: 
Put case such pipe could prattle and boast forsooth 
"I catch the birds, I am the crafty thing, 
I make the cry my maker cannot mak...Read more of this...
by Browning, Robert



...se palustral homes we only 
Croak and wither. 

Mornings dissipate in somnolence. 
The sun brightens tardily 
Among the pithless reeds. Flies fail us. 
he fen sickens. 

Frost drops even the spider. Clearly 
The genius of plenitude 
Houses himself elsewhwere. Our folk thin 
Lamentably....Read more of this...
by Plath, Sylvia

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