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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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by Plath, Sylvia
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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 Chesterton, G K
...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...

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