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Famous Sparser Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Morris, William
...ing, did he go 
Betwixt the trees with doubtful steps and slow.

Yet howsoever slow he went, at last
The trees grew sparser, and the wood was done;
Whereon one farewell backward look he cast,
Then, turning round to see what place was won,
With shaded eyes looked underneath the sun,
And o'er green meads and new-turned furrows brown
Beheld the gleaming of King Schœneus' town.

So thitherward he turned, and on each side 
The folk were busy on the teeming land, 
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