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Famous Upshot Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Lowell, Amy
...quering blows,
Are we or Fate the victors? Time which shows
All inner meanings will reveal, but we
Shall never know the upshot. Ours to be
Wasted with longing, shattered in the throes,
The agonies of splendid dreams, which day
Dims from our vision, but each night brings back;
We strive to hold their grandeur, and essay
To be the thing we dream. Sudden we lack
The flash of insight, life grows drear and gray,
And hour follows hour, nerveless, slack....Read more of this...



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