Famous Supposition Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Some we see no more Tenements of Wonder

by Emily Dickinson
 Some we see no more, Tenements of Wonder
Occupy to us though perhaps to them
Simpler are the Days than the Supposition
Leave us to presume

That oblique Belief which we call Conjecture
Grapples with a Theme stubborn as Sublime
Able as the Dust to equip its feature
Adequate as Drums
To enlist the Tomb....Read more of this...

Their Height in Heaven comforts not --

by Emily Dickinson
 Their Height in Heaven comforts not --
Their Glory -- nought to me --
'Twas best imperfect -- as it was --
I'm finite -- I can't see --

The House of Supposition --
The Glimmering Frontier that
Skirts the Acres of Perhaps --
To Me -- shows insecure --

The Wealth I had -- contented me --
If 'twas a meaner size --
Then I had counted it...Read more of this...

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