Anyone know some good poetry with heroic themes?

submitted by MarkimusNational Socialist from (self.debatealtright)

I find poetry generally quite pretentious and I don't 'get' it most the time. But I want to get into more martial/heroic kind of poetry. A couple examples of what I mean:

Death cometh soon or late.

And how can man die better

Than facing fearful odds,

For the ashes of his fathers,

And the temples of his Gods.

From The Lays of Ancient Rome; and

A coward believes he will ever live

if he keep him safe from strife:

but old age leaves him not long in peace

though spears may spare his life.

From the Havamal

Anyone who is more of a /lit/fag got some recommendations? I specifically mean shorter excerpts like these too, not full 500 page Epics and whatever.

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[–]send_nasty_stuffNational Socialist 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Whitman was a homosexual but I've always enjoyed o' captain my captain

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45474/o-captain-my-captain

Then there's The Wrath of the Awakened Saxon by Kipling

http://www.europeanamericansunited.org/school1/Fiction/kipling/awakened.htm

The Book "Hagakure" is very martial/sacrificial and written in a poetic form

https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/275268

There's also a bible that was used to sell Christianity to the pagans. It had a lot of pro heroism and ancestor worship in it. Can't remember the name though.

The guy to ask this question to would be Survive the Jive. I wonder if he has a video on this topic on his youtube channel? Seems like he would know. Asha Logos as well.

If you want longer works try Beowulf and The Epic of Gilgamesh. Also lots of Tolkien's writing fits the 'poetic' and 'heroic' categories.

[–]MarkimusNational Socialist[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Whitman was a homosexual but I've always enjoyed o' captain my captain

Pretty interesting one

Then there's The Wrath of the Awakened Saxon by Kipling

Originally it was English, not Saxon, but someone changed it to fit a pan-European theme. Interesting tidbit, I prefer the pan-European theme to the petty nationalist one of course.

The Book "Hagakure" is very martial/sacrificial and written in a poetic form

Yeah I've read some of the Hagakure, it isn't really poetry as much as it is just like advice/guidance. It's definitely inspiring, like reading Codreanu or Degrelle but it's not specifically rhyming and whatever like poems do.

There's also a bible that was used to sell Christianity to the pagans. It had a lot of pro heroism and ancestor worship in it. Can't remember the name though.

The Heliand

[–]send_nasty_stuffNational Socialist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The Heliand

That's it. Thanks.

[–]Ponderer 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This poem referenced in Das Boot is pretty good and you probably haven't heard it before: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=274292

Here is an okay translation of the last verse:

Lonely we lay there in the misery of battle;

we knew that everyone was alone.

But we also knew this:

Once to stand before the inexorable,

where prayers are disenfranchised, whimpering to God

is ridiculous,

where no mother looks after us,

no woman crosses our path,

where everything is without love,

where only reality reigns

with cruelty and grandeur,

this makes us firm and proud.

Unforgettable and deeper

it touches the heart of man

than all the love in the world.

And we feel: this was the measure.

[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

https://poets.org/poem/do-not-go-gentle-good-night

Not martial strictly but I find it a heroic sentiment.

[–]MarkimusNational Socialist[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Classic one

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    [–]MarkimusNational Socialist[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Very defiant, based.

    [–]Jacinda 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    • The Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred Lord Tennyson.

      I learnt it in school and I still find it moving.

    • If - Kipling.

      Another school favorite. I've linked to an Unz post showing that is now upsetting the woke.

    • Unguarded Gates - Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

      It is not about masculinity but I have a soft spot for this 1895 immigrant restrictionist poem. It deserved to be better known. You can read an updated version here.

    [–]lolikon69 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    BTW anyone if the heroic tales in Hamilton's mythology is well written?