Famous Sophisticated Poems by Famous Poets

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

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What Kind Of A Person

by Yehuda Amichai
 "What kind of a person are you," I heard them say to me.
I'm a person with a complex plumbing of the soul,
Sophisticated instruments of feeling and a system
Of controlled memory at the end of the twentieth century,
But with an old body from ancient times
And with a God even older than my body.
I'm a person for the surface of the...Read more of this...

Lines Written In The Fannie Farmer Cookbook

by Elizabeth Bishop
 You won't become a gourmet* cook 
By studying our Fannie's book-- 
Her thoughts on Food & Keeping House 
Are scarcely those of Lévi-Strauss. 
Nevertheless, you'll find, Frank dear, 
The basic elements** are here. 
And if a problem should arise: 
The Soufflé fall before your eyes, 
Or strange things happen to the Rice 
--You know I love to give advice....Read more of this...

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