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Famous Prettier Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Brautigan, Richard
...she tries to get things
out of men
that she can't get
because she's not
15% prettier...Read more of this...



by Bradstreet, Anne
...d seasons twain they there did spend,
Till after blown by southern gales,
They norward steered with filled sails.
A prettier bird was no where seen,
Along the beach among the treen.
I have a third of colour white,
On whom I placed no small delight;
Coupled with mate loving and true,
Hath also bid her dam adieu;
And where Aurora first appears,
She now hath perched to spend her years.
One to the academy flew
To chat among that learned crew;
Ambition moves still in h...Read more of this...

by Robinson, Edwin Arlington
...your liking. 
I’m wondering if a man may always know 
How old a man may be at thirty-seven; 
I wonder likewise if a prettier time
Could be decreed for a good man to vanish 
Than about now for you, before you fade, 
And even your friends are seeing that you have had 
Your cup too full for longer mortal triumph. 
Well, you have had enough, and had it young;
And the old wine is nearer to the lees 
Than you are to the work that you are doing. 

HAMILTON

When does thi...Read more of this...

by Dyke, Henry Van
...he cried, "I was sure I could find 
"The sort of a suit that would be to my mind. 
"There's none of the trees has a prettier dress, 
"And none as attractive as I am, I guess." 
But a goat, who was taking an afternoon walk, 
By chance overheard the fir-tree's talk. 
So he came up close for a nearer view;— 
"My salad!" he bleated, "I think so too! 
"You're the most attractive kind of a tree, 
"And I want your leaves for my five-o'clock tea." 
So he ate them all ...Read more of this...

by Parker, Dorothy
...a trifling rover.
Fine he was in the game he played-
Kissed, and promised, and threw me over,
And rode away with a prettier maid....Read more of this...



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