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Famous Sermonizing Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
...heard,
And almost hoped herself; but when he turn'd
The current of his talk to graver things
In sailor fashion roughly sermonizing
On providence and trust in Heaven, she heard,
Heard and not heard him; as the village girl,
Who sets her pitcher underneath the spring,
Musing on him that used to fill it for her,
Hears and not hears, and lets it overflow. 

At length she spoke `O Enoch, you are wise;
And yet for all your wisdom well know I
That I shall look upon your face no...Read more of this...



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