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Famous Reread Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...phone.

Not yet the moment when I can give you nothing
so well-folded it fits in an envelope — 
a dull letter you won't reread.
Not yet the moment of your assimilation
in that river flowing westward: rivers of clothes,
of dreams, an accent unlike my own
saying to someone I don't know: darling......Read more of this...
by Dunmore, Helen



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So days went on: a week had passed 
Since the great world was heard from last. 
The Almanac we studied o'er, 
Read and reread our little store 
Of books and pamphlets, scarce a score; 
One harmless novel, mostly hid 
From younger eyes, a book forbid, 
And poetry (or good or bad, 
A single book was all we had), 
Where Ellwood's meek, drab-skirted Muse, 
A stranger to the heathen Nine, 
Sang, with a somewhat nasal whine, 
The wars of David and the Jews. 
At last the flournderi...Read more of this...
by Whittier, John Greenleaf

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