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1 day ago · War poetry is poetry on the topic of war. While the term is applied especially to works of the First World War, [1] the term can be applied to poetry about any war, including Homer 's Iliad, from around the 8th century BC as well as poetry of the American Civil War, the Spanish Civil War, the Crimean War and other wars.
1 day ago · The Odyssey ( / ˈɒdɪsi /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, romanized : Odýsseia) [2] [3] is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Iliad, the poem is divided into 24 books.
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- Epic poetry
- c. 8th century BC
- Homeric Greek
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1 day ago · The 7th Baron Byron. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was a British poet and peer. [1] [2] He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, [3] [4] [5] and is regarded as being among the greatest of English poets. [6]
5 days ago · Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha Is Documenting War in Verse. Mosab Abu Toha, Gaza. By Yasmeen Serhan. May 16, 2024 7:00 AM EDT. The first time Mosab Abu Toha witnessed an Israeli airstrike, he...
4 days ago · Korda begins his free-flowing narrative of their lives with an extended rumination on Brooke, who, at the war's outset, "embodied the national spirit perfectly." His poem "The Soldier," famous throughout the English-speaking world, declares "If I should die, think only this of me:/ That there's some corner of a foreign field/ That is for ever ...
5 days ago · Ovid, Roman poet noted especially for his Ars amatoria and Metamorphoses. His verse had immense influence both by its imaginative interpretations of Classical myth and as an example of supreme technical accomplishment. Learn more about Ovid’s life and work.
4 days ago · John Milton, English poet, pamphleteer, and historian, considered the most significant English author after William Shakespeare. He is best known for Paradise Lost, widely regarded as the greatest epic poem in English. Learn more about Milton’s life and works in this article.
