Famous Violent Storm Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Lost in the Prairie

...In one of fhe States of America, some years ago,
There suddenly came on a violent storm of snow,
Which was nearly the death of a party of workmen,
Who had finished their day's work - nine or ten of them. 

The distance was nearly twenty miles to their camp,
And with the thick falling snow their clothes felt damp,
As they set out for their camp, which was in a large grove,
And to reach it, manfully against the storm they strove. 

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by McGonagall, William Topaz


Lost in the Prairie

...In one of fhe States of America, some years ago,
There suddenly came on a violent storm of snow,
Which was nearly the death of a party of workmen,
Who had finished their day's work - nine or ten of them. 

The distance was nearly twenty miles to their camp,
And with the thick falling snow their clothes felt damp,
As they set out for their camp, which was in a large grove,
And to reach it, manfully against the storm they strove. 

...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

The Little Match Girl

...
Alas! she was hungry and shivering with cold;
So in a corner between two houses she made bold
To take shelter from the violent storm.
Poor little waif! wishing to herself she'd never been born. 

And she grew colder and colder, and feared to go home
For fear of her father beating her; and she felt woe-begone
Because she could carry home no pennies to buy bread,
And to go home without pennies she was in dread. 

The large flakes of snow covered her ringlets of fair hair;
Whil...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

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