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Famous Rhetorical Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Rhetorical Quotes

The Imaginary Iceberg

by Bishop, Elizabeth

...; its glassy pinnacles 
correct elliptics in the sky. 
This is a scene where he who treads the boards 
is artlessly rhetorical. The curtain 
is light enough to rise on finest ropes 
that airy twists of snow provide. 
The wits of these white peaks 
spar with the sun. Its weight the iceberg dares 
upon a shifting stage and stands and stares. 

The iceberg cuts its facets from within. 
Like jewelry from a grave 
it saves itself perpetually and adorns 
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