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The term Pindar may derive from pinda, [12] an intoxicating drink. [13] It is a Marathi word that possibly connotes a "bundle of grass" or "who takes". [2] They are also referred to as Bidaris in some historic texts, [14] indicating that they originally came from the Bidar district in central India.
The pindaric came to be commonly used for complimentary poems on births, weddings and funerals. Although the vogue of these forms hardly survived the age of Queen Anne , something of the tradition still remained, and even in the odes of Wordsworth , Shelley and Coleridge the broken versification of Cowley's pindarics occasionally survives.
[nb 6] [69] [70] The Theban hero Heracles was a favourite subject but in one poem he is depicted as small in order to be compared with a small Theban patron who had won the pankration at the Isthmian Games: [71] a unique example of Pindar's readiness to shape traditional myths to fit the occasion, even if not always flattering to the mythical ...
Pindaric odes follow the form and style of Pindar. Horatian odes follow conventions of Horace; the odes of Horace deliberately imitated the Greek lyricists such as Alcaeus and Anacreon. Irregular odes use rhyme, but not the three-part form of the Pindaric ode, nor the two- or four-line stanza of the Horatian ode. The ode is a lyric poem.
For other uses, see Bard (disambiguation). Title-page of The Bard illustrated by William Blake, c. 1798 The Bard. A Pindaric Ode (1757) is a poem by Thomas Gray, set at the time of Edward I's conquest of Wales. Inspired partly by his researches into medieval history and literature, partly by his discovery of Welsh harp music, it was itself a potent influence on future generations of poets and ...
After listening those poems Amrohiji suggested him to write for Hindi Humor Poetry . This appreciation was the beginning . But final turning point in his poetic career was the book Kaka Ki Phuljhariya. After reading this book, he decided to stop writing serious songs & Ghazals & entered to the world of humorous poems.
Sumitranandan Pant (20 May 1900 – 28 December 1977) [1] was an Indian poet. He was one of the most celebrated 20th century poets of the Hindi language and was known for romanticism in his poems which were inspired by nature, people and beauty within.
The book was originally published in 1955 by Jabalpur Sahitya Sangh. In 2011, this book, as well as Surbala, written between 1943–44, was re-published by Vani Prakashan Book Publishers. On 5 May 2011, the books were celebrated by Shri Rameshawar Thakur. Rajani ke pal, another poetic collection, was written between 1941 and 1942. Vani ...