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Égyin (Burmese: ဧချင်း, pronounced [ʔè dʑɪ́ɰ̃]), also spelt eigyin, is a form of Burmese classical poem addressed to a royal child extolling the glory of ancestors. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] These songs are of significant academic importance, providing historical insight into contemporaneous events and context around the time of their ...
In the poem “Painted Tongue,” Byas writes: “We twist and turn in the mirror,/ my mother and I becoming each other,/ her bruises and scars passed down,/ family heirlooms that will take/ me ...
Mother Hubberd's Tale is a poem by English poet Edmund Spenser, written in 1578–1579. The more commonly read version of the poem is a revision of the original, created sometime in 1590, [1] and published in 1591 as a part of Spenser's collection Complaints. "Mother Hubberd's Tale" was sold separately from the rest of the collection it was ...
One special way to show your appreciation for your mom is with a heartfelt Mother's Day poem, like the 25 below. Some are from famous poets, like Edgar Allan Poe , while others are lesser-known.
The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, also translated as The Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Chinese: 二十四孝), is a classic text of Confucian filial piety written by Guo Jujing (郭居敬) [1] during the Yuan dynasty (1260–1368). The text was extremely influential in the medieval Far East and was used to teach Confucian moral values.
Kate Bernheimer's collection How a Mother Weaned Her Girl from Fairy Tales is an overt ode to the genre, but, at the same time, a revitalizing force that graces the messiness of girlhood with an ethereal air. "I do think it's something that attracts women who want to turn over and examine the stereotypes and the role of women," Sparks said.
Descent of Alette, Disobedience, Culture of One, Mysteries of Small Houses, Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems, 1970-2005 Alice Notley (born November 8, 1945) is an American poet . Notley came to prominence as a member of the second generation of the New York School of poetry—although she has always denied being involved with the New York ...
Her third volume of poems, A Dream of Springtime, had poems that demonstrated her growth by discussing her emerging from her past and discovering herself and her identity. [7] Her fourth book of poems, The Mother/Child Papers (1980), a feminist classic, was inspired by the birth of her son during the Vietnam War and weeks after the Kent State ...