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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Preparation

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
 We must not force events, but rather make
The heart soil ready for their coming, as
The earth spreads carpets for the feet of Spring, 
Or, with the strengthening tonic of the frost, 
Prepares for Winter. Should a July noon
Burst suddenly upon a frozen world
Small joy would follow, even tho' that world
Were longing for the Summer. Should the sting
Of sharp December...Read more of this...

Germs

by Walt Whitman
 FORMS, qualities, lives, humanity, language, 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...Read more of this...

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