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Famous Ravelings Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Carman, Bliss
...room 
With swarthy-tinged vermilion upon gloom; 
I know that loom. 


Give me a little space and time enough, 
From ravelings rough 
I could revive, reweave, 
A fabric of beauty art might well believe 
Were past retrieve. 


O men and women in that rich design, 
Sleep-soft, sun-fine, 
Dew-tenuous and free, 
A tone of the infinite wind-themes of the sea, 
Borne in to me, 


Reveals how you were woven to the might 
Of shadow and light. 
You are the dream of One 
Who...Read more of this...



by Riley, James Whitcomb
...
The sinews of brave old airs
Are pulseless now; and the scarf that clings
So closely here declares
A sad regret in its ravelings
And the faded hue it wears.

But the old guitar, with a lenient grace,
Has cherished a smile for me;
And its features hint of a fairer face
That comes with a memory
Of a flower-and-perfume-haunted place
And a moonlit balcony.

Music sweeter than words confess,
Or the minstrel's powers invent,
Thrilled here once at the light caress
Of the fa...Read more of this...

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