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Famous Stanchions Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...strict watch of, and it ended 
In father's building him a sort of cage, 
Or room within a room, of hickory poles, 
Like stanchions in the barn, from floor to ceiling,-- 
A narrow passage all the way around. 
Anything they put in for furniture 
He'd tear to pieces, even a bed to lie on. 
So they made the place comfortable with straw, 
Like a beast's stall, to ease their consciences. 
Of course they had to feed him without dishes. 
They tried to keep him clothed, but he paraded...Read more of this...
by Frost, Robert



...lf on top of 
 them now as is my wont at lunchtime to rest 
 my tired foot, 
it was the racks, great wooden shelves and stanchions 
 posts and beams assembled floor to roof jumbled 
 with baggage, 
--the Japanese white metal postwar trunk gaudily 
 flowered & headed for Fort Bragg, 
one Mexican green paper package in purple rope 
 adorned with names for Nogales, 
hundreds of radiators all at once for Eureka, 
crates of Hawaiian underwear, 
rolls of posters scattered over the ...Read more of this...
by Ginsberg, Allen
...r 
Quoth an English engineer, 
"I will answer for the engiines that were built on old Thames-side! 

"For the stays and stanchions taut, 
For the rivets truly wrought, 
For the valves that fit their faces as a glove should fit the hand. 
Give her every ounce of power; 
If we make a knot an hour 
Then it's way enough to steer her, and we'll drive her from the land." 

Life a foam-flake tossed and thrown, 
She could barely hold her own, 
While the other ships all helplessly wer...Read more of this...
by Paterson, Andrew Barton

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