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Famous Squaring Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...d of hemlock boughs,
 and
 the
 bear-skin; 
—The house-builder at work in cities or anywhere,
The preparatory jointing, squaring, sawing, mortising, 
The hoist-up of beams, the push of them in their places, laying them regular, 
Setting the studs by their tenons in the mortises, according as they were prepared, 
The blows of mallets and hammers, the attitudes of the men, their curv’d limbs, 
Bending, standing, astride the beams, driving in pins, holding on by posts and braces...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt



...
in his shop
in Jamestown.
He has a corps of men in it, toiling and swearing,
Knocking, and measuring, and planing, and squaring,
Working from a chart with figures,
Comparing with their rules,
Setting this and that part together with their tools.
Tap! Tap! Tap!
Haste indeed!
So great is the need
That carpenters have been taken from the new church,
Joiners have been called from shaping pews and lecterns
To work of greater urgency.
Coffins!
Coffins is what they are making this ...Read more of this...
by Lowell, Amy

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