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Famous Underwent Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...ers strewed with asphodil,
And through the porch and inlet of each sense
Dropt in ambrosial oils, till she revived,
And underwent a quick immortal change,
Made Goddess of the river. Still she retains
Her maiden gentleness, and oft at eve
Visits the herds along the twilight meadows,
Helping all urchin blasts, and ill-luck signs
That the shrewd meddling elf delights to make,
Which she with precious vialed liquors heals:
For which the shepherds, at their festivals,
Carol her...Read more of this...
by Milton, John



...That thine own fineness, Lancelot, some fine day 
Undo thee not--and leave my man to me.' 

So Gareth all for glory underwent 
The sooty yoke of kitchen-vassalage; 
Ate with young lads his portion by the door, 
And couched at night with grimy kitchen-knaves. 
And Lancelot ever spake him pleasantly, 
But Kay the seneschal, who loved him not, 
Would hustle and harry him, and labour him 
Beyond his comrade of the hearth, and set 
To turn the broach, draw water, or hew wo...Read more of this...
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord

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