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The first lines of the Iliad Great Seal Script character for poetry, ancient China Poetry Greek word poiesis verse , is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics , sound symbolism , and metre − to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, a prosaic ostensible meaning . A poem is a literary composition , written by a poet , using this principle.
Poetry has a long and varied history , evolving differentially across the globe. It dates back at least to prehistoric times with hunting poetry in Africa and to panegyric and elegiac court poetry of the empires of the Nile , Niger , and Volta River valleys. Some of the earliest written poetry in Africa occurs among the Pyramid Texts written during the 25th century BCE. The earliest surviving Western Asian epic poem , the Epic of Gilgamesh Sumerian language .
Early poems in the Eurasian continent evolved from folk songs such as the Chinese Shijing hymns (the Sanskrit Rigveda Zoroastrian Gathas Hurrian songs Psalms Story of Sinuhe Indian epic poetry , and the Homeric epics, the Iliad Odyssey Full article...
Title page of 1556 edition published by Joannes Gryphius (decorative border added subsequently) The
Metamorphoses (
Latin :
Metamorphōseōn librī : "Books of Transformations") is a
Latin narrative poem by the
Roman poet
Ovid , considered his
magnum opus . Comprising fifteen books and over 250
myths , the poem chronicles the history of the world from its
creation to the deification of
Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework.
Although meeting the criteria for an epic , the poem defies simple genre classification by its use of varying themes and tones. Ovid took inspiration from the genre of metamorphosis poetry, and some of the Metamorphoses derives from earlier treatment of the same myths; however, he diverged significantly from all of his models.
One of the most influential works in Western culture , the Metamorphoses has inspired such authors as Chaucer , Shakespeare , Dante and Boccaccio . Numerous episodes from the poem have been depicted in masterpieces of sculpture and painting by artists such as Titian . Although interest in Ovid faded after the Renaissance , towards the end of the twentieth century there was a resurgence of attention to his work; today, the Metamorphoses continues to inspire and be retold through various media. The work has been the subject of numerous translations into English, the first by William Caxton in 1480. (Full article...)
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Rabindranath Tagore Bengali pronunciation: [rəˈbindrəˈnɑt ˈtɑɡɔr] ⓘ pronounced [rəˈbindrəˈnɑtə ˈtɑkʊrə] Gurudev , was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of Gitanjali Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. In translation his poetry was viewed as spiritual and mercurial; however, his "elegant prose and magical poetry" remain largely unknown outside Bengal. Tagore introduced new prose and verse forms and the use of colloquial language into Bengali literature, thereby freeing it from traditional models based on classical Sanskrit . He was highly influential in introducing the best of Indian culture to the West and vice versa, and he is generally regarded as the outstanding creative artist of the modern Indian subcontinent, being highly commemorated in India and Bangladesh, as well as in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan. (Full article...)
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