Famous Sulks Poems by Famous Poets

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

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The eathen

...'kicks'im round the floor!

The young recruit is 'ammered -- 'e takes it very hard;
'E 'angs 'is 'ead an' mutters -- 'e sulks about the yard;
'E talks o' "cruel tyrants" which 'e'll swing for by-an'-by,
An' the others 'ears an' mocks 'im, an' the boy goes orf to cry.

The young recruit is silly -- 'e thinks o' suicide.
'E's lost 'is gutter-devil; 'e 'asn't got 'is pride;
But day by day they kicks 'im, which 'elps 'im on a bit,
Till 'e finds 'isself one mornin' with a full an'...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard


The Onondaga Madonna

...st promise of her nation's doom,
Paler than she her baby clings and lies,
The primal warrior gleaming from his eyes;
He sulks, and burdened with his infant gloom,
He draws his heavy brows and will not rest....Read more of this...
by Scott, Duncan Campbell

The Prodigal Son

...ut glory be! - there's a laugh to it, 
Which isn't the case when we dine.

My father glooms and advises me, 
My brother sulks and despises me, 
And Mother catechises me 
Till I want to go out and swear. 
And, in spite of the butler's gravity, 
I know that the servants have it I 
Am a monster of moral depravity, 
And I'm damned if I think it's fair!

I wasted my substance, I know I did, 
On riotous living, so I did, 
But there's nothing on record to show I did 
Worse than my b...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard

The Prodigal Son

...ut glory be! - there's a laugh to it, 
Which isn't the case when we dine.

My father glooms and advises me, 
My brother sulks and despises me, 
And Mother catechises me 
Till I want to go out and swear. 
And, in spite of the butler's gravity, 
I know that the servants have it I 
Am a monster of moral depravity, 
And I'm damned if I think it's fair!

I wasted my substance, I know I did, 
On riotous living, so I did, 
But there's nothing on record to show I did 
Worse than my b...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard

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