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Famous Volte Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Gregory, Rg
...cerned
appearances appearances (its kudos earned)
the book crows - being too aware of inside-outs
knowing full well the volte-face nature of the scorned
the dullest horses may best play havoc with the touts
nor hillside towns dispel the speeding tourist’s doubts

you have to turn off - want to know what’s their attraction
to nose into narrow ways (climb through streaks of sun
and deep sharp shadow - such a lung’s exaction)
to catch a sense of busy life close to the bone
worn ...Read more of this...



by Alighieri, Dante
...to era coverta;

 e non mi si partia dinanzi al volto,

anzi 'mpediva tanto il mio cammino,

ch'i' fui per ritornar pi? volte v?lto.

 Temp'era dal principio del mattino,

e 'l sol montava 'n s? con quelle stelle

ch'eran con lui quando l'amor divino

 mosse di prima quelle cose belle;

s? ch'a bene sperar m'era cagione

di quella fiera a la gaetta pelle

 l'ora del tempo e la dolce stagione;

ma non s? che paura non mi desse

la vista che m'apparve d'un leone.

 Ques...Read more of this...

by Alighieri, Dante
...spotted hide.


e non mi si partia dinanzi al volto,
anzi 'mpediva tanto il mio cammino,
ch'i' fui per ritornar pi? volte v?lto .

He did not disappear from sight, but stayed;
indeed, he so impeded my ascent
that I had often to turn back again.


Temp'era dal principio del mattino,
e 'l sol montava 'n s? con quelle stelle
ch'eran con lui quando l'amor divino 

The time was the beginning of the morning;
the sun was rising now in fellowship
with the same stars that ...Read more of this...

by Alighieri, Dante
...vedra'mi al pi? del tuo diletto legno
venire, e coronarmi de le foglie
che la materia e tu mi farai degno.
 S? rade volte, padre, se ne coglie
per triunfare o cesare o poeta,
colpa e vergogna de l'umane voglie,
 che parturir letizia in su la lieta
delfica deit? dovria la fronda
peneia, quando alcun di s? asseta.
 Poca favilla gran fiamma seconda:
forse di retro a me con miglior voci
si pregher? perch? Cirra risponda.
 Surge ai mortali per diverse foci
la lucerna d...Read more of this...

by Alighieri, Dante
...abbracciarmi con sì grande affetto,
che mosse me a far lo somigliante.
 Ohi ombre vane, fuor che ne l'aspetto!
tre volte dietro a lei le mani avvinsi,
e tante mi tornai con esse al petto.
 Di maraviglia, credo, mi dipinsi;
per che l'ombra sorrise e si ritrasse,
e io, seguendo lei, oltre mi pinsi.
 Soavemente disse ch'io posasse;
allor conobbi chi era, e pregai
che, per parlarmi, un poco s'arrestasse.
 Rispuosemi: «Così com'io t'amai
nel mortal corpo, così t'a...Read more of this...



by Petrarch, Francesco
...SONNET CXXXVII. Più volte già dal bel sembiante umano. LOVE UNMANS HIS RESOLUTION.  Oft as her angel face compassion wore,With tears whose eloquence scarce fails to move,With bland and courteous speech, I boldly stroveRead more of this...

by Petrarch, Francesco
...SONNET LXXII. Più volte Amor m' avea già detto: scrivi. HE WRITES WHAT LOVE BIDS HIM.  White—to my heart Love oftentimes had said—Write what thou seest in letters large of gold,That livid are my votaries to behold,<...Read more of this...

by Petrarch, Francesco
...SONNET LXXVIII. Poi che voi ed io più volte abbiam provato. TO A FRIEND, COUNSELLING HIM TO ABANDON EARTHLY PLEASURES.  Still has it been our bitter lot to proveHow hope, or e'er it reach fruition, flies!Up then to that high good, which never die...Read more of this...

by Lawrence, D. H.
...se trousers
Under all the eternal dome of mathematical law.

Fives, and tens,
Threes and fours and twelves,
All the volte face of decimals,
The whirligig of dozens and the pinnacle of seven.

Turn him on his back,
The kicking little beetle,
And there again, on his shell-tender, earth-touching belly,
The long cleavage of division, upright of the eternal cross
And on either side count five,
On each side, two above, on each side, two below
The dark bar horizontal.

T...Read more of this...

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