Famous Verso Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Inferno (Italian)

...on li occhi vergognosi e bassi,

temendo no 'l mio dir li fosse grave,

infino al fiume del parlar mi trassi.

 Ed ecco verso noi venir per nave

un vecchio, bianco per antico pelo,

gridando: «Guai a voi, anime prave!

 Non isperate mai veder lo cielo:

i' vegno per menarvi a l'altra riva

ne le tenebre etterne, in caldo e 'n gelo.

 E tu che se' cost?, anima viva,

p?rtiti da cotesti che son morti».

Ma poi che vide ch'io non mi partiva,

 disse: «Per altra via, per altri p...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante


Inferno Canto03

...downcast, and fearing 
that what I said had given him offense, 
I did not speak until we reached the river. 


Ed ecco verso noi venir per nave 
un vecchio, bianco per antico pelo, 
gridando: «Guai a voi, anime prave ! 

And here, advancing toward us, in a boat, 
an aged man-his hair was white with years- 
was shouting: "Woe to you, corrupted souls! 


Non isperate mai veder lo cielo: 
i' vegno per menarvi a l'altra riva 
ne le tenebre etterne, in caldo e 'n gelo . 

Forget ...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Puedo Escribir

...Puedo escribir los versos más tristes esta noche.

Escribir, por ejemplo: 'La noche está estrellada,
y tiritan, azules, los astros, a lo lejos.'

El viento de la noche gira en el cielo y canta.

Puedo escribir los versos más tristes esta noche.
Yo la quise, y a veces ella también me quiso.

En las noches como ésta la tuve entre mis brazos.
La besé tantas veces bajo el cielo in...Read more of this...
by Neruda, Pablo

Purgatorio (Italian)

...egna li argomenti umani,
sì che remo non vuol, né altro velo
che l'ali sue, tra liti sì lontani.
 Vedi come l'ha dritte verso 'l cielo,
trattando l'aere con l'etterne penne,
che non si mutan come mortal pelo».
 Poi, come più e più verso noi venne
l'uccel divino, più chiaro appariva:
per che l'occhio da presso nol sostenne,
 ma chinail giuso; e quei sen venne a riva
con un vasello snelletto e leggero,
tanto che l'acqua nulla ne 'nghiottiva.
 Da poppa stava il celestial nocchie...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

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