Famous Snipped Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Snipped poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous snipped poems. These examples illustrate what a famous snipped poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Thomas, Dylan
...day.
As yet ungotten, I did suffer;
The rack of dreams my lily bones
Did twist into a living cipher,
And flesh was snipped to cross the lines
Of gallow crosses on the liver
And brambles in the wringing brains.
My throat knew thirst before the structure
Of skin and vein around the well
Where words and water make a mixture
Unfailing till the blood runs foul;
My heart knew love, my belly hunger;
I smelt the maggot in my stool.
And time cast forth my mortal creatur...Read more of this...
by
Lowell, Amy
...e held her, and they both gazed down
At the wide city, and its blue, bridged river.
From wooing he jested with her, snipped the blown
Strands of her hair, and tied them with a sliver
Cut from his own head. But she gave a shiver
When, opening the locket, they were placed
Under the glass, commingled and enlaced.
"When will you have it so with us?" He
sighed.
She shook her head. He pressed her further. "No,
No, Heinrich, Theodore loves me," and she tried...Read more of this...
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