Poems that have a \"becoming a man\" theme
 

For my English final I have to put together a packet on a coming of age theme, but I don't have a very wide knowledge of poems and was wondering if anyone wanted to help me out by posting poems or songs that they feel relate to this topic.

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"If" by Rudyard Kipling

Scott

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Maybe some C.K. Williams; can't remember any titles at the moment, busy with my own last-minute English final.

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That poem by Kipling is perfect. Thanks a lot!

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"MY HEART LEAPS UP WHEN I BEHOLD"

My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The Child is father of the Man;
I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.

Wordsworth

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Lola

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My dad gave me a framed copy of 'If' for my 18th birthday. Never thought I ever quite lived up to it but it is a profound bit of prose.

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It's enough to make you hate sh*t that's profound.

Seriously, who the f*ck is going to live up to that? I want two weeks worth of tea and sympathy every time I get a damn papercut. And this from a fairly weathered, angry son of a b*tch.

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Too symbolic for most

The sun-comprehending glass

If you understand only one metaphor this year, let this be the one!

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