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To be a 'school' a group of poets must share a common style or a common ethos. A commonality of form is not in itself sufficient to define a school; for example, Edward Lear, George du Maurier and Ogden Nash do not form a school simply because they all wrote limericks. There are many different 'schools' of poetry.
For example, in the Minuet in Haydn's String Quartet op. 76 no. 6, the Minuet is in standard binary form (section A and B) while the trio is in free form and not in two repeated sections. Haydn labeled the B section "Alternative", a label used in some Baroque pieces (though most such pieces were in proper compound ternary form).
The Poetry Society of Texas was established in Dallas, Texas, on November 5, 1921, prompted mainly by poet Therese Lindsey, and chartered January 26, 1922.Since then, the organization has grown to be one of the largest state poetry associations in the United States with membership including 25 chapters and 300 poets.
The primary objective of WikiProject Poetry is to provide comprehensive, accurate, reliable information, and other resources on poetry, poets, and various subjects related to poetry. These topics include biographies of individual poets, works of poetry, national poetries, poetry movements and groups, poetic genres, forms, styles, and techniques.
These were published in book form along with other examples of Morton's American poetry in "New English Canaan" (1637); and based on the criteria of "First," "American" and "Poetry," they make Morton (and not Anne Bradstreet) America's first poet in English. [5] [6] Phillis Wheatley, a slave, wrote poetry during the colonial period.
A terzanelle is a poetic form combining aspects of the villanelle and the terza rima. [1] [2] It is nineteen lines total, with five triplets and a concluding quatrain.The middle line of each triplet stanza is repeated as the third line of the following stanza, and the first and third lines of the initial stanza are the second and final lines of the concluding quatrain; thus, seven of the lines ...
Landay: a form of Afghani folk poetry that is composed as a couplet of 22 syllables. Mukhammas; Pantoum: a Malaysian verse form adapted by French poets comprising a series of quatrains, with the 2nd and 4th lines of each quatrain repeated as the 1st and 3rd lines of the next. The 2nd and 4th lines of the final stanza repeat the 1st and 3rd ...
The Austin Poetry Slam (APS) is one of the longest running poetry venues in Texas.Founded in 1994 by Wammo of the Asylum Street Spankers and helmed for 15 years by former Poetry Slam, Inc. president, Mike Henry, Austin Slam is renowned for memorable and often raucous performances by many of the best poets in the slam poetry world.