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The work is also known as Luzūm mā lā yalzam (Arabic: لزوم ما لا يلزم) which is variously translated as Unnecessary Necessity, The Self-Imposed Compulsion or "committing oneself to what is not obligatory"; this title is a reference to the difficult, 'unnecessary', rhyme scheme which al-Ma'arri applied to his work.
A night latch (or night-latch or nightlatch) is a lock that is fitted on the surface of a door; it is operated from the exterior side of the door by a key and from the interior (i.e. "secure") side of the door by a knob. [1] [2] [3]
The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry by Cleanth Brooks and Paul Rand. Harcourt, Brace 1975 ISBN 9780156957052 "Review of Poems, in Two Volumes by Francis Jeffrey, in Edinburgh Review, pp. 214–231, vol. XI, October 1807 – January 1808; Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 in audio on Poetry Foundation
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The book had an important influence upon other poets, mostly French, including Charles Baudelaire, through whom the importance of the work came to be recognized.The most famous tribute was the Suite, Gaspard de la Nuit: Trois poèmes pour piano d'après Aloysius Bertrand, of three piano pieces by Maurice Ravel based on three items, namely 'Ondine', 'Scarbo' and 'Le Gibet'.
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas (A Visit) Full Poem 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. ... Answer: Washington Irving.
Henry Beekman Livingston Jr. (October 13, 1748 – February 29, 1828) was an American poet, and has been proposed as being the uncredited author of the 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, more popularly known (after its first line) as The Night Before Christmas.