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Famous Understated Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Berryman, John 
...gine the Abbey 

among their wonders will be glad of him
whom some are sorry for his griefs across the world
grievously understated
and grateful for that bounty, for bright whims
of heavy mind across the tiresome world 
which the tiresome world debated, complicated....Read more of this...

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