Famous Requesting Poems by Famous Poets

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

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When Jenny Wren Was Young

by Mother Goose
'Twas once upon a time, when Jenny Wren was young,
So daintily she danced and so prettily she sung,
Robin Redbreast lost his heart, for he was a gallant bird.
So he doffed his hat to Jenny Wren, requesting to be heard.

"Oh, dearest Jenny Wren, if you will but be mine,
You shall feed on cherry pie and drink new currant wine,
I'll dress you...Read more of this...

473. On Chloris requesting a sprig of blossom'd thorn

by Robert Burns
 FROM the white-blossom’d sloe my dear Chloris requested
 A sprig, her fair breast to adorn:
No, by Heavens! I exclaim’d, let me perish, if ever
 I plant in that bosom a thorn!...Read more of this...

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