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  2. Parable of the Sunfish - Wikipedia

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    As an example, Pound relates what might happen if a European is asked to define "red". After the initial response that red is a color, Pound imagines asking for a definition of color and having it described in terms of vibration, with vibration then defined in terms of energy, and that successive abstractions eventually reach a level where ...

  3. List of nursery rhymes - Wikipedia

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    Composed in 1777 by English composer Thomas Arne. Akai Kutsu: Akai Kutsu (赤い靴, 'Red Shoes') Japan: 1922: Poem by Ujō Noguchi, a basis on factual events is disputed. Alphabet Song: Several other titles... [c] United States 1835 [14] The melody in this format was first copyrighted in 1835 by Boston music publisher Charles Bradlee. Alouette ...

  4. List of long poems in English - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English poems over 1000 lines. This list includes poems that are generally identified as part of the long poem genre, being considerable in length, and with that length enhancing the poems' meaning or thematic weight. This alphabetical list is incomplete, as the label of long poem is selectively and inconsistently applied in ...

  5. The Mersey Sound (anthology) - Wikipedia

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    The Mersey Sound is an anthology of poems by Liverpool poets Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri first published in 1967, when it launched the poets into "considerable acclaim and critical fame". [1] It went on to sell over 500,000 copies, becoming one of the bestselling poetry anthologies of all time.

  6. Luis H. Francia - Wikipedia

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    Francia was born in Manila, Philippines.He graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University with an AB in Humanities, cum laude [2] and moved to New York in the 1970s. As a budding poet in New York, he studied with José García Villa, [3] the National Artist of the Philippines for literature, at The New School and later at his private workshop in Greenwich Village.

  7. Free verse - Wikipedia

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    Is 5 by E. E. Cummings, an example of free verse. Free verse is an open form of poetry which does not use a prescribed or regular meter or rhyme [1] and tends to follow the rhythm of natural or irregular speech. Free verse encompasses a large range of poetic form, and the distinction between free verse and other forms (such as prose) is often ...

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  9. Roy Fisher - Wikipedia

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    Roy Fisher (photograph by Ornella Trevisan) Roy Fisher (11 June 1930 – 21 March 2017) was an English poet and jazz pianist. His poetry shows an openness to both European and American modernist influences, whilst remaining grounded in the experience of living in the English Midlands.