Robert Fanning and the Poet’s Ear
Which is not to say that classical English poets didn’t use such devices, but rather that what tied a poem together for them was a very strict patterning of stressed and unstressed syllables which did not arise naturally from the
Conference: Euripides: The First Hellenistic Poet? Problems in
Moreover, many of those same 19th century scholars who laid the foundation for a schism between the golden Classical age and the degenerate Hellenistic Age pointed to the potential connections between Euripides and Hellenistic poetry,
Conference: Euripides: The First Hellenistic Poet? Problems in
Euripides has long been the notional endpoint of the Classical period in ancient Greek poetic history. After his death, the quantity of surviving poetry and drama plunges and most works of the 4th century survive only in meagre
THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
A time of renewal. The giving of gifts. The start of a new journey. The celebration of family. Giving praise to God for the gift of His Son. This starting point in the Christian journey is connected with older beliefs from the Northern
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How often have you briefly scanned your spam emails prior to deletion just to see if there is really something of importance that has accidentally slipped through? In amongst the noise of jumbled words and phrases which bulk out a lot
HUMOROUS POETRY
We form our own opinions when we read a brand new poem, So we don't need twisted visions from some wrinkled, gnarly gnome. And so it didn't shock me after reading of Sam Hunt, To pick up how some critic took Sam's meanings for a punt.
Thomson and the Problems of the "Literal"
One is whether there really is such a thing as “purely literal” poetry. more to the reception aesthetic of the poem (the article on Thomson’s uses of or is some level of analogy with classical and biblical culture inevitable,
This Day in Ancient History - Horace
Horace © Clipart.com On this day in 68 BC the Roman poet Horace was born.Quintus Horatius Flaccus (known as Horace) was a Roman poet (December 8, 65 - November 27, 8 BC)
THE ENC SYNDROME
The so-called "modern" forms of today's poetry (free, fractured verse with faulty Their new rules dictate how poetry will now be written and promoted and (Wow!) everyone can be a poet, although you are obliged to belong to a
Who Was the Most Important Greek Poet?
I received a question about Greek mythology that I have interpreted in order to answer. Here is the original question: To you, what source (poet or writer)
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