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Discover Why ‘The Raven,’ Edgar Allan Poe’s Narrative Poem About a Distraught Lover and a Talking Bird, Remains an American Classic
Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a ...
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20 Famous Poems Everyone Needs to Read at Least Once
What jumps into your mind when you think of the most famous poems ever written? Shakespearean love poems? Something longer that you might find in a poetry book? Maybe something by Poe or Dickinson?
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Seven poems you didn’t know you knew
The poem is about the loss of a beloved friend ... speech without realising they’re actually quoting one of the most famous British writers. Image caption, Two roads diverged in a wood, and ...
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25 Christmas poems that capture the spirit of the season
Among Rossetti’s best known poems is this short work about one of the plants most associated with the Christmas season. Our idea of what Santa Claus looks like comes from a variety of places ...
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literary notes: Versified translation of Qaseeda Burda in Urdu
Composed by Abu Abdullah Sharafuddin Muhammad Ibn-i-Saeed Al-Busiri (1212 - 1296), a Sufi, calligrapher and poet of the Arabic language, Qaseeda Burda is one of the most popular poems of the genre.