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I need a poem that contrasts this one....?

When Earth's last picture is painted and the tubes are twisted and dried,
When the oldest colours have faded, and the youngest critic has died,
We shall rest, and, faith, we shall need it -- lie down for an aeon or two,
Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall put us to work anew.
And those that were good shall be happy; they shall sit in a golden chair;
They shall splash at a ten-league canvas with brushes of comets' hair.
They shall find real saints to draw from -- Magdalene, Peter, and Paul;
They shall work for an age at a sitting and never be tired at all!
And only The Master shall praise us, and only The Master shall blame;
And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame,
But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
Shall draw the Thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They are
--this poem is about heaven and its happy so i either need one about hell or a sad one about heaven and it should b by a famous author

What Kipling is discussing is the concept of utopia - everything falls into place just right, and everyone is happy.

The opposite of this concept would be dystopia - everything falls apart. Arguably, the most famous poem concerning dystopia is "The Second Coming" by W. B. Yeats, found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Second_Coming_(poem)

This poem is responsible for the phrase "things fall apart," which was adopted by Achebe for his novel, Things Fall Apart.

Also, you could consider William Blake's "London" a similar dystopia - he discusses the spread of disease and economic poverty in his beloved city.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_(poem)

Blake also wrote "The Sick Rose," which many say directly discusses the tragedy of venereal disease:

http://www.online-literature.com/blake/623/

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