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Famous Totalled Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Paterson, Andrew Barton
...a smile, says, "There's many a fee 
For me in Gilhooley's Estate." 

They made out a list of his property fine, 
It totalled a thousand-and-eight; 
But the debts were nine hundred and ninety-nine -- 
The debts of Gilhooley's Estate. 

So Mrs Gilhooley says, "Jones, my dear man, 
My childer have little to ait: 
Just keep my expinses as low as you can 
Against poor Gilhooley's Estate." 

Bur Jones says, "The will isn't clear in its terms, 
I fear it will need some d...Read more of this...



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