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Using a possessive pronoun before using its antecedent in a poem

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I was seriously wondering if it's a problem to use the antecedent, which is "Mr Spooner", after the possessive pronoun "his". Also, I am wondering if we can use "his" without ever using an antecedent.

His blue eyes starred at the sky

Under the bridge to nowhere

His garment was gray as the sky

Below his house in the desert

Mr Spooner, he was called

His profession, unknown

Mr Spooner crossed the street with a wooden cane

With his old dog Pavlov

I am not sure if there's an historical antecedent for this, or not using an antecedent at all. I don't remember having seen something like this in a famous poem. Anyway, I don't want to be the first person to break a "grammar" rule that no one ever breaks.

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