Famous Slapstick Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Slapstick poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous slapstick poems. These examples illustrate what a famous slapstick poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...egaphone and specious cheer.
His troupe, too fat or short or long or lean,
Step from the pages of the magazine
With slapstick or sombrero or with cane:
The rube, the cowboy or the masher vain.
They over-act each part. But at the height
Of banter and of canter and delight
The masks fall off for one ***** instant there
And show real faces: faces full of care
And desperate longing: love that's hot or cold;
And subtle thoughts, and countenances bold.
The masks go back...Read more of this...
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Lindsay, Vachel
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