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A quintain or pentastich is any poetic form containing five lines. Examples include the tanka , the cinquain , the quintilla , Shakespeare's Sonnet 99 , and the limerick . Examples
Winifred Emma May (4 June 1907 – 28 August 1990) was a poet from the United Kingdom, best known for her work under the pen name Patience Strong.Her poems were usually short, simple and imbued with sentimentality, the beauty of nature and inner strength.
Byas’ first line: “This is what teaches me love.” And the last line: “Of all things love, I’m still learning.” To Civil, that “spoke volumes” about the process a reader is entering ...
Poem 68 is a complex elegy written by Catullus, who lived in the 1st century BCE during the time of the Roman Republic.This poem addresses common themes of Catullus' poetry such as friendship, poetic activity, love and betrayal, and grief for his brother.
Rumi's ghazal 163, which begins Beravīd, ey harīfān "Go, my friends", is a Persian ghazal (love poem) of seven verses by the 13th-century poet Jalal-ed-Din Rumi (usually known in Iran as Mowlavi or Mowlana). The poem is said to have been written by Rumi about the year 1247 to persuade his friend Shams-e Tabriz to come back to Konya from ...
The poets in this anthology of 100+ poems represent a mix of poetry superstars and brand new voices, including: Alma Flor Ada, Calef Brown, F. Isabel Campoy, Yangsook Choi, Margarita Engle ...
Hareut (friendship, fellowship, comradeship in English, here esp. brotherhood in arms) is a Hebrew poem written by Haim Gouri and set to music by Sasha Argov. The song was written a year after the outbreak of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and commemorates those who fell in the war. The song is often performed at memorial ceremonies.
A Red, Red Rose" is a 1794 song in Scots by Robert Burns based on traditional sources. The song is also referred to by the title "(Oh) My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose" and is often published as a poem. Many composers have set Burns' lyric to music, but it gained worldwide popularity set to the traditional tune "Low Down in the Broom"