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Famous Woodcutter Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Keats, John
...uncertain ways:
Through wilderness, and woods of mossed oaks;
Counting his woe-worn minutes, by the strokes
Of the lone woodcutter; and listening still,
Hour after hour, to each lush-leav'd rill.
Now he is sitting by a shady spring,
And elbow-deep with feverous fingering
Stems the upbursting cold: a wild rose tree
Pavilions him in bloom, and he doth see
A bud which snares his fancy: lo! but now
He plucks it, dips its stalk in the water: how!
It swells, it buds, it flowers...Read more of this...



by Homer,
...y heedlessness of his nurse shall witchcraft hurt him nor yet the Undercutter: for I know a charm far stronger than the Woodcutter, and I know an excellent safeguard against woeful witchcraft."[4]

When she had so spoken, she took the child in her fragrant bosom with her divine hands: and his mother was glad in her heart. So the goddess nursed in the palace Demophoon, wise Celeus' goodly son whom well-girded Metaneira bare. And the child grew like some immortal ...Read more of this...

by Wei, Wang
...Wingceltis goldenrain shine empty bend 
Fresh and green ripple ripples ripples 
Secret enter Shang hill road 
Woodcutter not able know 


Wingceltis and goldenrain shine at the empty bend, 
Fresh and green, rippling ever onward. 
A secret road leads up to Shangshan hill, 
Even the woodcutter does not know....Read more of this...

by Fu, Du
...star river shadow move tremor Country cry thousand homes hear fighting Foreign songs several places rise fisher woodcutter Sleeping dragon leaping horse end yellow earth Human affairs hear letter in vain melancholy At year's end, yin and yang hurry the shortened day, At sky's end, frost and snow clear the frozen night. Fifth watch: the drum and horn sound out mournful and strong, Three gorges: the river of stars ...Read more of this...

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