Famous Stringer Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Stringer poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous stringer poems. These examples illustrate what a famous stringer poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Alighieri, Dante
...viso m'era a la marina torto.
«Non aver tema», disse il mio segnore;
«fatti sicur, ché noi semo a buon punto;
non stringer, ma rallarga ogne vigore.
Tu se' omai al purgatorio giunto:
vedi là il balzo che 'l chiude dintorno;
vedi l'entrata là 've par digiunto.
Dianzi, ne l'alba che procede al giorno,
quando l'anima tua dentro dormia,
sovra li fiori ond'è là giù addorno
venne una donna, e disse: "I' son Lucia;
lasciatemi pigliar costui che dorme;
sì l'agevolerò...Read more of this...
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Masters, Edgar Lee
...played all sorts of jokes on me.
They took big fish off my hook
And put little ones on, while I was away
Getting a stringer, and made me believe
I hadn't seen aright the fish I had caught.
When Burr Robbins circus came to town
They got the ring master to let a tame leopard
Into the ring, and made me believe
I was whipping a wild beast like Samson
When I, for an offer of fifty dollars,
Dragged him out to his cage.
One time I entered my blacksmith shop
And shook as...Read more of this...
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