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Famous Strums Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...For none e’er approach’d her but rued the rash deed.


We’ll sculpture the marble, we’ll measure the lay;
 Here Vanity strums on her idiot lyre;
There keen Indignation shall dart on his prey,
 Which spurning Contempt shall redeem from his ire....Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert



...I

The girl in the room beneath 
Before going to bed 
Strums on a mandolin 
The three simple tunes she knows. 
How inadequate they are to tell how her heart feels! 
When she has finished them several times 
She thrums the strings aimlessly with her finger-nails 
And smiles, and thinks happily of many things.

II

I stood for a long while before the shop window 
Looking at the blue butterflies embroidered on taw...Read more of this...
by Aiken, Conrad

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