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  2. The Lamplighter (poem) - Wikipedia

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    The Lamplighter is a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson contained in his 1885 collection A Child's Garden of Verses. This poem may be autobiographical. Stevenson was sickly growing up (probably tuberculosis), thus "when I am stronger" may refer to his hope of recovery. Further, his illness isolated him, so the loneliness expressed in the poem would ...

  3. When I Consider How My Light Is Spent - Wikipedia

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    However, the references to light and darkness in the poem make it virtually certain that Milton's blindness was at least a secondary theme. The sonnet is in the Petrarchan form, with the rhyme scheme a b b a a b b a c d e c d e but adheres to the Miltonic conception of the form, with a greater usage of enjambment.

  4. Do not go gentle into that good night - Wikipedia

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    Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

  5. Hindi literature - Wikipedia

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    Hasya Kavita is humorous comic poetry in Hindi. It is particularly famous due to Hindi Kavi sammelans and TV shows. [17] [18] [19] Bal kavita is children's rhymes in Hindi. [20] Many attempts have been made to document Hindi poetry. Some of the most comprehensive online collections for Hindi poetry include Kavitakosh [21] and Kavita. [22]

  6. Doha (poetry) - Wikipedia

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    Doha (Urdu: دوہا, Hindi: दोहा, Punjabi: ਦੋਹਾ) is a form of self-contained rhyming couplet in poetry composed in Mātrika metre. This genre of poetry first became common in Apabhraṃśa and was commonly used in Hindustani language poetry. [1] Among the most famous dohas are those of Sarahpa, Kabir, Mirabai, Rahim, Tulsidas ...

  7. Indian poetry - Wikipedia

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    Indian poetry and Indian literature in general, has a long history dating back to Vedic times. They were written in various Indian languages such as Vedic Sanskrit, Classical Sanskrit, Ancient Meitei, Modern Meitei, Telugu, Tamil, Odia, Maithili, Kannada, Bengali, Assamese, Hindi, Marathi and Urdu among other prominent languages.

  8. Doha (Indian literature) - Wikipedia

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    Doha is a very old "verse-format" of Indian poetry.It is an independent verse, a couplet, the meaning of which is complete in itself. [1] As regards its origin, Hermann Jacobi had suggested that the origin of doha can be traced to the Greek Hexametre, that it is an amalgam of two hexametres in one line.

  9. List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Hindi - Wikipedia

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    Poetry 1984 Raghuvir Sahay: Log Bhool Gaye Hain: Poetry 1985 Nirmal Verma: Kavve Aur Kala Pani: Short stories 1986 Kedarnath Agarwal: Apurva: Poetry 1987 Shrikant Verma: Magadh: Poetry 1988 Naresh Mehta: Aranya: Poetry 1989 Kedarnath Singh: Akaal Mein Saras: Poetry 1990 Shiv Prasaad Singh: Neela Chand: Novel 1991 Girija Kumar Mathur: Main Vaqt ...