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Famous Shrike Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Shrike Quotes

Thomas Ross Jr

by Masters, Edgar Lee

...and rearing his head,
Fell backward down the bank
Into Spoon River and was drowned.
Scarcely an hour passed
Until a shrike
Impaled the mother swallow on a thorn.
As for myself I overcame my lower nature
Only to be destroyed by my brother's ambition....Read more of this...

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