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  2. Christian poetry - Wikipedia

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    Some early Christian poets such as Ausonius continued to include allusions to pagan deities and standard classical figures and allusions continued to appear in his verse. Other Christian poems of the Late Roman Empire, such as the Psychomachia of Prudentius, cut back on allusions to Greek mythology, but continue the use of inherited classical ...

  3. Category:Christian poetry - Wikipedia

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    Poems based on the Crucifixion of Jesus (3 P) Pages in category "Christian poetry" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total.

  4. Cynewulf - Wikipedia

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    The four poems, like a substantial portion of Anglo-Saxon poetry, are sculpted in alliterative verse. All four poems draw upon Latin sources such as homilies and hagiographies (the lives of saints ) for their content, and this is to be particularly contrasted to other Old English poems (e.g., Genesis, Exodus, and Daniel ), which are drawn ...

  5. Category:Christian poets - Wikipedia

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    Latter Day Saint poets (29 P) Lutheran poets ... John Milton (1 C, 25 P) Pages in category "Christian poets" The following 91 pages are in this category, out of 91 total.

  6. Footprints (poem) - Wikipedia

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    "Footprints," also known as "Footprints in the Sand," is a popular modern allegorical Christian poem. It describes a person who sees two pairs of footprints in the sand, one of which belonged to God and another to themselves. At some points the two pairs of footprints dwindle to one; it is explained that this is where God carried the protagonist.

  7. Phillis Wheatley - Wikipedia

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    Her poetry expressed Christian themes, and many poems were dedicated to famous figures. Over one-third consist of elegies, the remainder being on religious, classical and abstract themes. [28] She seldom referred to her own life in her poems. One example of a poem on slavery is "On being brought from Africa to America": [29]

  8. List of epic poems - Wikipedia

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    Mu'allaqat, Arabic poems written by seven poets in Classical Arabic, these poems are very similar to epic poems and specially the poem of Antarah ibn Shaddad; Parsifal by Richard Wagner (opera, composed 1880–1882) Pasyón, Filipino religious epic, of which the 1703 and 1814 versions are popular; Popol Vuh, history of the K'iche' people

  9. The Hound of Heaven - Wikipedia

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    The poem is an ode, and its subject is the pursuit of the human soul by God's love - a theme also found in the devotional poetry of George Herbert and Henry Vaughan. Moody and Lovett point out that Thompson's use of free and varied line lengths and irregular rhythms reflect the panicked retreat of the soul, while the structured, often recurring refrain suggests the inexorable pursuit as it ...

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