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Famous Valedictory Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Cold worlds shake from the oar.
The spirit of blackness is in us, it is in the fishes.
A snag is lifting a valedictory, pale hand;

Stars open among the lilies.
Are you not blinded by such expressionless sirens?
This is the silence of astounded souls....Read more of this...
by Plath, Sylvia



...oes home? 
For there's blood on the field and blood on the foam 
And blood on the body when Man goes home. 
And a voice valedictory . . . Who is for Victory? 
Who is for Liberty? Who goes home?...Read more of this...
by Chesterton, G K

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