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Famous Rifling Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...d friends he somehow can't get near. 
They meet him in the general store at night, 
Pre-occupied with formidable mail, 
Rifling a printed letter as he talks. 
They seem afraid. He wouldn't have it so: 
Though a great scholar, he's a democrat, 
If not at heart, at least on principle. 
Lately when coming up to Lancaster 
His train being late he missed another train 
And had four hours to wait at Woodsville Junction 
After eleven o'clock at night. Too tired 
To think of sitting ...Read more of this...
by Frost, Robert



...hen the Dutch were beat? 
Who treated out the time at Bergen? Pett. 
Who the Dutch fleet with storms disabled met, 
And rifling prizes, them neglected? Pett. 
Who with false news prevented the Gazette, 
The fleet divided, writ for Rupert? Pett. 
Who all our seamen cheated of their debt, 
And all our prizes who did swallow? Pett. 
Who did advise no navy out to set, 
And who the forts left unrepair?d? Pett. 
Who to supply with powder did forget 
Languard, Sheerness, Gravesend a...Read more of this...
by Marvell, Andrew

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