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Famous Recites Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...hey;
And an old Troop-Sergeant muttered, "Let us go to the man who writes
The things on Balaclava the kiddies at school recites."

They went without bands or colours, a regiment ten-file strong,
To look for the Master-singer who had crowned them all in his song;
And, waiting his servant's order, by the garden gate they stayed,
A desolate little cluster, the last of the Light Brigade.

They strove to stand to attention, to straighen the toil-bowed back;
They drilled on an empt...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard



...s holds a dance. 

There’s recitations, songs, and fights— 
A willin’ lot you’ll meet. 
There’s one long bloke up there recites, 
I tell you—he’s a treat. 

They’re lively blokes all right up there, 
It’s never dull a day. 
I’d go meself if I could spare 
The time to get away. 


. . . . . 
The stranger turned his horses quick. 
He didn’t cross the bridge; 
He didn’t go along the crick 
To strike the second ridge; 

He didn’t make the trip, because 
He wasn’t feeling fit. 
Hi...Read more of this...
by Paterson, Andrew Barton

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