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Famous Redressed Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...and their law 
Relaxed its hold upon us, and the ways 
Were filled with rapine, here and there a deed 
Of prowess done redressed a random wrong. 
But I was first of all the kings who drew 
The knighthood-errant of this realm and all 
The realms together under me, their Head, 
In that fair Order of my Table Round, 
A glorious company, the flower of men, 
To serve as model for the mighty world, 
And be the fair beginning of a time. 
I made them lay their hands in mine and swea...Read more of this...
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord



...shioned coats of mail.

Then was there safety for the rich
 And danger for the poor,
Till someone mixed a powder which
 Redressed the scale once more.

Helmet and armour disappeared
 With sword and bow and pike,
And, when the smoke of battle cleared,
 All men were armed alike. . . .

And when ten million such were slain
 To please one crazy king,
Man, schooled in bulk by tear and pain,
 Grew weary of the thing;

And, at the very hour designed,
 To enslave him past recall,
His...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard

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