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Empedocles on Etna is a dramatic poem or closet drama in two acts written by the Victorian poet-critic Matthew Arnold and first published, anonymously, in 1852. [1] [2] The poem describes the philosophic contemplations and suicidal ravings of the ancient Greek philosopher Empedocles (c. 494 – c. 434 BC) and his legendary death in the fires of Mount Etna on Sicily.
Edwin George Morgan OBE FRSE (27 April 1920 – 19 August 2010) [1] was a Scottish poet and translator associated with the Scottish Renaissance.He is widely recognised as one of the foremost Scottish poets of the 20th century.
A number of poems have been written to immortalize Cai Wenji's life story, including her own. [5] Liu Shang (c. 770 CE), wrote a poem about Wenji called Hujia Shiba Pai (胡笳十八拍; "Eighteen Songs on a Nomad Flute"). [6] Liu Shang's poem, accompanied by 18 scenes painted on a handscroll, was commissioned by Emperor Gaozong of Song ...
Captain Beaky & His Band (Not Forgetting Hissing Sid!!!), commonly shortened to Captain Beaky & His Band or Captain Beaky, is the title of two albums (volumes 1 and 2) of poetry by Jeremy Lloyd set to music by Jim Parker and recited by various British celebrities.
In rhetoric, epizeuxis, also known as palilogia, is the repetition of a word or phrase in immediate succession, typically within the same sentence, for vehemence or emphasis. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A closely related rhetorical device is diacope , which involves word repetition that is broken up by a single intervening word, or a small number of ...
Poetry (ballads, other formal poetic structures and free verse; also, children's poetry); short plays, including for radio; libretti; short stories; essays and criticism. Notable works Collected Poems, 1951–1997; Collected Poems for Children; individual poems including 'Timothy Winters', 'Eden Rock' and many more
Stamp depicting the poem. Inspired by Luís de Camões' The Lusiads, it is divided in ten cantos. [1] The poem tells the story of the famous Portuguese sailor Diogo Álvares Correia, [2] known as "Caramuru" (Old Tupi for "Son of the Thunder"), who shipwrecked on the shores of present-day Bahia and had to live among the local indigenous peoples.
Winterreise was composed in two parts, each with twelve songs, the first part in February 1827 and the second in October 1827. [1] The two parts were also published separately by Tobias Haslinger, the first on 14 January 1828, and the second (the proofs of which Schubert was still correcting days before his death on 19 November) on 30 December 1828.