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Famous Tactic Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sor
...bligatory exile,
she disdained me the more,
that the loss might be less.

    Oh, where did you discover
so neat a tactic, Phyllis:
denying to disdain
the garb of affection?

    To live unobserved
by your eyes, I now go
where never pain of mine
need flatter your disdain....Read more of this...



by Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sor
...bligatory exile,
she disdained me the more,
that the loss might be less.

    Oh, where did you discover
so neat a tactic, Phyllis:
denying to disdain
the garb of affection?

    To live unobserved
by your eyes, I now go
where never pain of mine
need flatter your disdain.

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Disillusionment (Español)

    Ya, desengaño mío,
llegasteis al extremo
que pudo en vuestro ser
verificar el serlo.

    Todo los habéis perdido;
mas no todo, pues creo
q...Read more of this...

by Ashbery, John
...Or, to quote Imogen in Cymbeline, "There cannot
Be a pinch in death more sharp than this," for,
Though only exercise or tactic, it carries
The momentum of a conviction that had been building.
Mere forgetfulness cannot remove it
Nor wishing bring it back, as long as it remains
The white precipitate of its dream
In the climate of sighs flung across our world,
A cloth over a birdcage. But it is certain that
What is beautiful seems so only in relation to a specific
Life, ...Read more of this...

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