I need a poem, about 20 lines long, that i can present in a 7th grade english class?

Question

we cant write it,it has to be written by a well known or somewhat famous author...

Answer 1

Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
'Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!'
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought--
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

Answer 2

Look at Edgar Allen Poe's "Annabel Lee" and Emily Dickinson's "I Died for Truth" and Robert Service's "The Cremation of Sam McGee". Love, Death, and Comedy.

All available on the internet.

Answer 3

Here, try this link:

http://quotations.about.com/cs/poemlyrics/a/Because_I_Could.htm

Emily Dickinson was one of the greatest poets of all time. Anything by Emily Dickinson is really amazing, but "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" is a personal favorite of mine...

Kiara

Answer 4

Snow-flakes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow may be a good choice for this time of year.

Answer 5

What about one of Shakespeares sonnets?

Answer 6

Um, write one, or something...

Answer 7

try "Tiger, tiger"
or, as it was originally spelled
"Tyger, Tyger"