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Goethe declared that "Occasional Poetry is the highest kind," [3] and Hegel gave it a central place in the philosophical examination of how poetry interacts with life: Poetry's living connection with the real world and its occurrences in public and private affairs is revealed most amply in the so-called pièces d'occasion. If this description ...
A pièce d'occasion (pronounced [pjɛs dɔkazjɔ̃]) like the word pièce meaning preparing and d'occasion meaning for special occasion [1] suggests a composition, dance or theatrical piece composed, often commissioned, for a festive occasion.
This is a list of kigo, which are words or phrases that are associated with a particular season in Japanese poetry.They provide an economy of expression that is especially valuable in the very short haiku, as well as the longer linked-verse forms renku and renga, to indicate the season referenced in the poem or stanza.
Acrostic: a poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word, name, or phrase when read vertically. Example: “A Boat beneath a Sunny Sky” by Lewis Carroll. Concrete (aka pattern): a written poem or verse whose lines are arranged as a shape/visual image, usually of the topic. Slam; Sound; Spoken-word; Verbless poetry: a poem ...
In the hands of the poets the epithalamium was developed into a special literary form, and received considerable cultivation. Sappho , Anacreon , Stesichorus and Pindar are all regarded as masters of the species, but the finest example preserved in Greek literature is the 18th Idyll of Theocritus , which celebrates the marriage of Menelaus and ...
The Poems of Lewis Carroll, illustrated by John Tenniel and others, Crowell (New York, NY), 1973. One Little Room, An Everywhere: Poems of Love, illustrated by Frasconi, Atheneum, 1975. O Frabjous Day! Poetry for Holidays, and Special Occasions, Atheneum, 1977. Callooh! Callay!: Holiday Poems for Young Readers, illustrated by Janet Stevens ...
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry.Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or written), or they may also perform their art to an audience.
"In The Bazaars of Hyderabad" is a poem by Indian Romanticism and Lyric poet Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949). The work was composed and published in her anthology The Bird of Time (1912)—which included "Bangle-sellers" and "The Bird of Time", it is Naidu's second publication and most strongly nationalist book of poems, published from both London and New York City.