Famous Polemic Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Polemic poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous polemic poems. These examples illustrate what a famous polemic poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Burns, Robert
...BELOW thir stanes lie Jamie’s banes;
O Death, it’s my opinion,
Thou ne’er took such a bleth’rin *****
Into thy dark dominion!...Read more of this...
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Plath, Sylvia
...d separate the flutes from violins:
the algebra of absolutes
explodes in a kaleidoscope of shapes
that jar, while each polemic jackanapes
joins his enemies' recruits.
The paradox is that 'the play's the thing':
though prima donna pouts and critic stings,
there burns throughout the line of words,
the cultivated act, a fierce brief fusion
which dreamers call real, and realists, illusion:
an insight like the flight of birds:
Arrows that lacerate the sky, while knowin...Read more of this...
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