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In addition to If I were God, Astrid Lindgren wrote other poems. A lot of other works, originally written as poems, were rewritten and used as songs in the Astrid Lindgren films. Others were part of her stories and tales. In 1975 the poem was written. It was later published many times in countries like Sweden and Germany.
"The Devil's Thoughts" is a satirical poem in common metre by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, published in 1799, and expanded by Robert Southey in 1827 and retitled "The Devil's Walk". The narrative describes the Devil going walking and enjoying the sight of the various sins of mankind.
An English tradition holds that a single magpie be greeted with a salutation in order to ward off the bad luck it may bring. A greeting might be something like "Good morning, Mr Magpie, how are Mrs Magpie and all the other little magpies?", [7] and a 19th century version recorded in Shropshire is to say "Devil, Devil, I defy thee! Magpie ...
The poem consisted of seven irregular ballad stanzas of 49 lines. [2] The poem was a satirical attack and criticism of the British government. Satan is depicted meeting with key members of the British government. [2] The poem was modelled on and meant as a continuation of "The Devil's Thoughts" of 1799 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert ...
The poem was written in a Habbie stanza with the stanza six lines long and the rhyme scheme AAABAB. Burns used a similar stanza in Death and Doctor Hornbook. The poem is also skeptical of the Devil's existence and of his intentions to punish sinners for all eternity as in the stanza. Hear me, auld Hangie, for a wee, An’ let poor damned bodies be;
"I Am Stretched on Your Grave" – translation of a 17th-century Irish-language poem, "Táim Sínte ar do Thuama", first recorded by Philip King, later by Sinéad O'Connor. [64] "If I Were a Blackbird" – an old song recorded by Delia Murphy. [53] "The Inside Car" – a dainty song of infatuation from Wexford.
Les Litanies de Satan" ("The Litanies of Satan") is a poem by Charles Baudelaire, published as part of Les Fleurs du mal. The date of composition is unknown, but there is no evidence that it was composed at a different time to the other poems of the volume. [1] The poem is a renunciation of religion, and Catholicism in particular. [2]
Having heard that a person might pawn his soul to the Devil for a thousand pounds, Pierce decides to seek a solution in that direction and appeal to the Devil, reasoning that if the Devil were to remove certain souls from the land of the living and recruit them into his domain where they belong, it would liberate and make available the wealth ...