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Famous Unshaped Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Whitman, Walt
...uage, thoughts, 
The ones known, and the ones unknown—the ones on the stars, 
The stars themselves, some shaped, others unshaped, 
Wonders as of those countries—the soil, trees, cities, inhabitants, whatever they may
 be, 
Splendid suns, the moons and rings, the countless combinations and effects;
Such-like, and as good as such-like, visible here or anywhere, stand provided for in a
 handful
 of space, which I extend my arm and half enclose with my hand; 
That contains the st...Read more of this...



by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
....
Sometimes our fierce impatience of desire
Doth like a sultry May force tender shoots
Of half-formed pleasures and unshaped events
To ripen prematurely, and we reap
But disappointment; or we rot the germs
With briny tears ere they have time to grow.
While stars are born and mighty planets die
And hissing comets scorch the brow of space
The Universe keeps its eternal calm.
Through patient preparation, year on year, 
The earth endures the travail of the Spring
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