Questions tagged [poetry]
literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature.
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Poetic construction - phrases placement
I am told by a friend that in English, words and phrases can be placed differently for added poetic expressions, rhythm and readability.
#1 How different has turned the promises of the lady who [...]!...
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Why "got" not "get" in "we won’t go until we got some"?
sourse: "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bingcrosby/iwishyouamerrychristmas.html
https://www.lyricsforchristmas.com/christmas-carols/we-wish-you-a-merry-...
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Two questions about "America the Beautiful"
suorce: "America the Beautiful"
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O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness.
I can't understand the whose-clause (i....
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Is "reign upright" poetic license?
By a route obscure and lonely,
Haunted by ill angels only,
Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT,
On a black throne reigns upright,
I have reached these lands but newly
From an ultimate dim Thule—
From a wild ...
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Wordsworth and parts of speech
Stay near me - do not take thy flight!
A little longer stay in sight!
Much converse do I find in thee,
Historian of my infancy!
Float near me; do not yet .depart!
Dead times revive in thee:
Thou ...
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What is the meaning of “squiggles out” in the poem “What Is Red" by Mary O' Neill?
What is the meaning of “squiggles out” in the poem “What Is Red" by Mary O' Neill?
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Red squiggles out
when you cut your hand.
Red is a brick
and the sound of a band.
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"Mysterious, beautiful" from the poem "The Wild Swans at Coole"
"Mysterious, beautiful" from the poem "The Wild Swans at Coole" - which type of rhetorical figure it is? Is it a epigram?
But now they drift on the still water,
Mysterious, ...
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What does "Art to nature beauty lends" mean?
What does "Art to nature beauty lends" mean?
It seems to mean "Art lends beauty to nature", but there's two inversion, "Art lends to nature beauty", which then becomes &...
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To stay the feet of every passer-by
What does To stay the feet mean in the verse below
And hear the others who with cymbals try
To stay the feet of every passer-by:
The market-men along the darkling lane
Are crying up their wares.—...
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Lack of verbs in Chinese poem translations
Thoughts on a Tranquil Night or Night Thoughts（《静夜思》）is a famous ancient Chinese poem, written by Li Bai, the most prominent poet of the Tang Dynasty. This poem was translated by numerous poetry ...
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What are the correctness and use cases for two subjects for the same verb?
This is found in Bob Dylan's line:
The Times They Are a-Changin’
I would like to have an educated view on three aspects:
It seems to be an artistic license, an incorrect form of Times are changing. ...
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How to read and interpret the poem lines?
I came across below poetry lines from The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam book I'm currently reading. I'm not quite used to or familiar with understanding poem lines.
My ...
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Two questions about the 4th verse of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
4th verse of "The Star-Spangled Banner":
O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war’s desolation.
Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the Heav’n rescued ...
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Question about poetic meter（DUM-da DUM-da DUM-da DUM）in a children's book
Recently I've learned something about poetic meter such as iamb and trochee.
And I‘ve known that iamb is consisted of one unstressed syllable and one stressed syllable. The rhythm of it sounds like da-...
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What is the grammar of the following strange sentence by Edgar Poe?
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;
I don't understand the meaning but I am interested in the grammar so ...
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