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Famous Trope Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Chatterton, Thomas
...n fal arounde; the cross reles hye; 
Steyned ynne goere, the harte of warre ys seen; 
Kynge Rycharde, thorough everyche trope dothe flie, 
And beereth meynte of Turkes onto the greene; 
Bie hymm the floure of Asies menn ys sleene; 
The waylynge mone doth fade before hys sonne; 
Bie hym hys knyghtes bee formed to actions deene, 
Doeynge syke marvels, strongers be aston. 
Sprytes of the bleste, and everych Seyncte ydedde, 
Poure owte your pleasaunce onn mie fadres hedde.Read more of this...



by Lanier, Sidney
...noble wind-tones chanting free
Through morning-skies across the sea
Wild hymns to some strange majesty.

O, if one trope, clear-cut and keen,
May type the art of Song's best queen,
White-hot of soul, white-chaste of mien,

On Music's heart doth Nilsson dwell
As if a Swedish snow-flake fell
Into a glowing flower-bell....Read more of this...

by Trumbull, John
...gravest fowl;
Who from the cares of business free,
Lived, hermit, in a hollow tree;
To solid learning bent his mind,
In trope and syllogism he shined,
'Gainst reigning follies spent his railing;
Too much a Stoic--'twas his failing.


Hither for aid our Sparrow came,
And told his errand and his name,
With panting breath explain'd his case,
Much trembling at the sage's face;
And begg'd his Owlship would declare
If love were worth a wise one's care.


The grave Owl heard...Read more of this...

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