Famous Polarity Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Claude McKay
 Nay, why reproach each other, be unkind, 
For there's no plane on which we two may meet? 
Let's both forgive, forget, for both were blind, 
And life is of a day, and time is fleet. 

And I am fire, swift to flame and burn, 
Melting with elements high overhead, 
While you are water in an earthly urn, 
All pure,...Read more of this...

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