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Famous Plena Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Wilde, Oscar
...Was this His coming! I had hoped to see
A scene of wondrous glory, as was told
Of some great God who in a rain of gold
Broke open bars and fell on Danae:
Or a dread vision as when Semele
Sickening for love and unappeased desire
Prayed to see God's clear body, and the fire
Caught her brown limbs and slew her utterly:
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