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Famous Repugnance Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...again, 
His writing master many a time he banned 
And wished himself the gout to seize his hand. 
Never old lecher more repugnance felt, 
Consenting, for his rupture, to be gelt; 
But still then hope him solaced, ere they come, 
To work the peace and so to send them home, 
Or in their hasty call to find a flaw, 
Their acts to vitiate, and them overawe; 
But most relied upon this Dutch pretence 
To raise a two-endged army for's defence. 

First then he marched our whole militi...Read more of this...
by Marvell, Andrew



...l ever be the motto of the world.' 

Then he ceased and looked intently in my face, and nearer drew; 
But a sudden deep repugnance to his presence thrilled me through; 
Then I saw his face was cruel, by the look that o'er it stole, 
Then I felt his breath was poison, by the shuddering of my soul, 
Then I guessed his purpose evil, by his lip in sneering curled, 
And I knew he slandered mankind, by my knowledge of the world. 

But he vanished as a purer brighter presence gained...Read more of this...
by Baudelaire, Charles

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