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  2. Endymion (poem) - Wikipedia

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    Endymion is a poem by John Keats first published in 1818 by Taylor and Hessey of Fleet Street in London. John Keats dedicated this poem to the late poet Thomas Chatterton. The poem begins with the line "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever". Endymion is written in rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter (also known as heroic couplets).

  3. She Walks in Beauty - Wikipedia

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    "She Walks in Beauty" is a short lyrical poem in iambic tetrameter written in 1814 by Lord Byron, and is one of his most famous works. [2] It is said to have been inspired by an event in Byron's life. On 11 June 1814, Byron attended a party in London. Among the guests was Mrs. Anne Beatrix Wilmot, wife of Byron's first cousin, Sir Robert Wilmot ...

  4. It is a beauteous evening, calm and free - Wikipedia

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    "It is a beauteous evening, calm and free" is a sonnet by William Wordsworth written at Calais in August 1802. It was first published in the collection Poems, in Two Volumes in 1807, appearing as the nineteenth poem in a section entitled 'Miscellaneous sonnets'.

  5. La Belle Dame sans Merci - Wikipedia

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    "La Belle Dame sans Merci" ("The Beautiful Lady without Mercy") is a ballad produced by the English poet John Keats in 1819. The title was derived from the title of a 15th-century poem by Alain Chartier called La Belle Dame sans Mercy. [1] Considered an English classic, the poem is an example of Keats' poetic preoccupation with love and death. [2]

  6. Sappho 31 - Wikipedia

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    Instead, the man's role is to act as a "contrast figure", [15] designed to highlight Sappho's love for the girl by juxtaposing the strength of Sappho's emotional reaction with his impassivity. [16] For instance, John Winkler argues that "'That man' in poem 31 is like the military armament in poem 16, an introductory set-up to be dismissed". [17]

  7. My Pretty Rose Tree - Wikipedia

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    This poem seems to echo that of a story of a married couple. The man is surrounded by beauty, and at least one beautiful woman, but he declines them all to return to his wife. He is very possessive with his constant use of the word "my", and thus "imprisons" his Rose Tree.

  8. The Spring of the White-Legged Woman - Wikipedia

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    The Spring of the White-Legged Woman (Bulgarian: Изворът на Белоногата, romanized: Izvorat na Belonogata) is a poem written in 1873 by the famous Bulgarian poet Petko Slaveykov. [1] The story is about a beautiful Bulgarian girl, Gergana.

  9. Ono no Komachi - Wikipedia

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    The poem was originally included in the Kokinshū as #133, in the section dedicated to seasonal (spring [citation needed]) poetry. [15] The poem is filled with many layers of significance, with almost every word carrying more than one meaning. [16] It was the subject of a short essay appended to Peter McMillan's translation of the Ogura ...

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