Best poems about — Storgy
Retirement.
Five poems, ranked.
5 of the finest public-domain poems about retirement, ranked by thematic depth. Scored by Storgy's classification model against the rest of the corpus, and re-indexed weekly as new works enter the canon.
The leading three
01
Ad Venerem
Sappho
“This poem is a Latin ode—specifically, it's based on Horace's *Odes* I.5 (or more accurately, a passage inspired by Horace). In it, the speaker announces that h…”
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02
A Farewell to Arms
George Peele
“George Peele's "A Farewell to Arms" is a short Elizabethan lyric where an aging soldier — a knight who's seen better days — puts down his weapons and says farew…”
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03
To Septimus
Horace
“Horace writes to his dear friend Septimus, envisioning the place he dreams of spending his later years and ultimately passing away. He initially longs for Tibur…”
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- 04
My Books
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
An old man gazes at his books like a retired knight considers weapons he can no longer wield — filled with love, nostalgia, and a hint of sadness. These books remind him of a young…
- 05
Showing How He Built His House and His Wife Moved into It
James Russell Lowell
A wealthy retired businessman, A. Gordon Knott, constructs an absurd and shoddily built medieval-style house. He then attempts to marry off his daughter against her wishes, ultimat…
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