Famous Reckonings Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Sonnet III: Taking My Pen

by Michael Drayton
 Taking my pen, with words to cast my woe, 
Duly to count the sum of all my cares, 
I find my griefs innumerable grow, 
The reckonings rise to millions of despairs; 
And thus dividing of my fatal hours, 
The payments of my love I read and cross, 
Subtracting, set my sweets unto my sours, 
My joy's arrearage leads me...Read more of this...

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