Best Ophelia Poems
Below are the all-time best Ophelia poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of ophelia poems written by PoetrySoup members
OpheliaO luckless maid! such beauteous
blush with modest blandishments
did'st flash to woo a Prince
o'erthrown, in madness' grasp!
Still-born, ne'er meant to flourish,
true love was the hapless...
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Categories:
ophelia, sad,
Form:
Verse
Ophelia: the Evergreen Heroine of Shakespearean TragedyThe quintessential of nyctophilia, wrapped in bridal attire, slowly and slowly as in somnambulism there goes the heroine of timeless tragedy to supersede her lovers...
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Categories:
ophelia, angst, anxiety, books, conflict,
Form:
Free verse
OpheliaFrom my teenage daze
She was getting down to a guitar groove
She could rock and roll ( boy could she)!!
When her mom and dad raised her
'Bet...
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Categories:
ophelia, beauty, dance, fantasy, imagery,
Form:
Lyric
Divine SteeplesShe lets me put violets in her hair,
good-humouredly, calls me Ophelia
in such a way that I spout, But Shakespeare
pushed war, not love. Resplendent, Thalia
strolls the...
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Categories:
ophelia, friend, love, places, poetry,
Form:
Sonnet
Love Never LostThe patterns of my life
Sifted through your heart.
The calling of the wind
Gives you a place to start.
The crashing of the tide,
The bubbles of the surf....
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Categories:
ophelia, life, lovetime, time,
Form:
Rhyme
Linda Marie BarianaLinda-marie the sweetheart of PS
Sweetheart, a compound noun made of two nouns
Used with a difference, I found some synonyms
The qualities that give joy to senses-BEAUTY
The...
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Categories:
ophelia, appreciation, bird, character, nature,
Form:
Verse
Natural GarlandsHer innocence in daisy plaits ,displayed
Such naievty was so soon betrayed,
Touching romance' nettle brought much pain
When discarded,by his disdain,
Tears welled upon her pillow,
Forsaken love long...
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Categories:
ophelia, art, lost love
Form:
Ekphrasis
Poetry Thing Does Not Always Go EasyI will use some lovely words today.
I am determined to use words like gossamer, gauzy,
delight, nirvana, heavenly, and what the heck?
Who is knocking on my...
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Categories:
ophelia, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
The ScoreThe key to feeling loved—attention
sharped or flatted drilled or bored,
love demands attention that’s the score—
marry the compound emotions of gist and jest,
sing the...
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Categories:
ophelia, loneliness, night,
Form:
Free verse
Paint Me An Ugly DuckAwakened and degenerated, I feel I am clashing somewhere
The clouds appear and then depart, just another face amongst billions
Millions of colors of...
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Categories:
ophelia, art, depression, horror, loneliness,
Form:
I do not know?
I'D Like To Help YouI'd like to help you
but I'd have to go
far far out of my comfort zone
become accident prone
I'd have to face the bullets
and I have no...
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Categories:
ophelia, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
And Then There Was None- Anacreontic Verse 2she could count them all
on her one hand
every reason
that she could think of
one, two, three, four, five
reasons to try
to stay alive
all on one hand
but day...
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Categories:
ophelia, suicide,
Form:
Lyric
To Be Or Not To Be Hamlet's Quote From Hamlet, Written By ShakespeareTO BE OR NOT TO BE HAMLET'S QUOTE FROM HAMLET, WRITTEN BY SHAKESPEARE
Hamlet spoke these words at a low ebb of life
How would he do...
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Categories:
ophelia, death, history, murder,
Form:
Rhyme
What Was His NamePondering past loves in the dim light of age,
the memories float upward, smiles engage sounds.
Ah, what was his name that handsome man from the stage?
Blindfolded,...
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Categories:
ophelia, girlfriend-boyfriend, happiness, introspection, love,
Form:
Villanelle
Dreams of Library LadiesThe Dreams of Library Ladies
Library ladies could it be you sometimes dream
With books (and children) all put in their place
Do you imagine an alternate library...
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Categories:
ophelia, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme