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Stanzas written in my Pocket-copy of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence" 1802, 11 May "Within our happy castle there dwelt One" Poems founded on the Affections. 1815 To H. C. Six years old 1802 "O Thou! whose fancies from afar are brought;" Poems referring to the Period of Childhood: 1807 To the Daisy (first poem) 1802
Browning's poem inspired singer-songwriter Clifford T Ward in his sentimental 1973 song "Home Thoughts from Abroad", which also makes reference to other romantic poets John Keats and William Wordsworth. [5] In 1995, Browning's "Home Thoughts from Abroad" was voted 46th in a BBC poll to find the United Kingdom's favourite poems. [6]
The poem refers to a group of people called the Wicinga cynn, which may be the earliest mention of the word "Viking" (lines 47, 59, 80). It closes with a brief comment on the importance and fame offered by poets like Widsith, with many pointed reminders of the munificent generosity offered to tale-singers by patrons "discerning of songs".
However, in August 1936 Ioannis Metaxas established the anti-communist 4th of August Regime, and the 250 remaining copies were burned at the Temple of Olympian Zeus at Athens, [4] along with other "subversive" books. The final text was published in a second edition in 1956, and runs to 324 verses divided into 20 parts or cantos, each with 16 ...
The title poem has been cited by cultural and political figures in the years since its publication. The reasons for the work being cited vary. From the poem being critically and universally praised, [23] [21] to it becoming one of the most famous poems to be written about Kashmir, it was a poem that connected to the land and the people of the ...
"Do not go gentle into that good night" is a poem in the form of a villanelle by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), and is one of his best-known works. [1] Though first published in the journal Botteghe Oscure in 1951, [ 2 ] Thomas wrote the poem in 1947 while visiting Florence with his family.
"The Road Not Taken" is a narrative poem by Robert Frost, first published in the August 1915 issue of the Atlantic Monthly, [1] and later published as the first poem in the 1916 poetry collection, Mountain Interval. Its central theme is the divergence of paths, both literally and figuratively, although its interpretation is noted for being ...
The most conventional interpretation of the poem is as a lament spoken in the first person by an unnamed woman who is or has in the past been involved with two men whose names are Wulf and Eadwacer respectively. Both of these are attested Anglo-Saxon names, and this interpretation is the basis for the common titling of the poem (which is not ...