Famous Shakespearean Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Three Movements

by William Butler Yeats
 Shakespearean fish swam the sea, far away from land;
Romantic fish swam in nets coming to the hand;
What are all those fish that lie gasping on the strand?...Read more of this...

Parable For A Certain Virgin

by Dorothy Parker
 Oh, ponder, friend, the porcupine;
Refresh your recollection,
And sit a moment, to define
His means of self-protection.

How truly fortified is he!
Where is the beast his double
In forethought of emergency
And readiness for trouble?

Recall his figure, and his shade-
How deftly planned and clearly
For slithering through the dappled glade
Unseen, or pretty nearly.

Yet should an alien eye discern
His presence in the woodland,
How little has he...Read more of this...

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