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Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World (French: Parcelles d'espoir à l'echo de ce monde) [1] is reputedly the modern era's longest handwritten poem, unveiled on 4 August 2006 by its author French public notary Patrick Huet. It comprises 7,547 verses and is reported to be almost 1 km (994 metres (1,087 yd)) long .
Poem Year published Length Verse form Algerton, Frank C. Columbia: an Epic Poem on the Late Civil War between the Northern and Southern States of North America: 1893: heroic couplet Ammons, A. R. Sphere: The Form of a Motion: 1973: Ammons, A. R. Tape for the Turn of the Year: 1965: Ashbery, John: Flow Chart: 1991: Atherstone, Edwin: The Fall of ...
They made frequent raids into a nearby housing estate to battle a rival gang. The advent of World War II put a stop to Frankie's exploits. [2] "The Rats": Included in later editions of the book, the poem originally appeared in The Rats and Other Poems (1960. W. H. Allen).
"The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner" is a short story by Alan Sillitoe, published in 1959 as part of a short story collection of the same title. [1] The work focuses on Smith, a poor Nottingham teenager from a dismal home in a working class area, who has bleak prospects in life and few interests beyond petty crime .
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Long Distance Exquisite Corpse (1976-2003) ... He was the author of more than 30 books of poetry, prose, ...
A long poem allows the author to be encyclopedic in their treatment of the world, as opposed to the potentially narrow focus of the lyric. A long poem poet can work on a long poem their entire life, weaving in their impressions gleaned from the span of several generations (and historical events); it can be an ongoing work.
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CIL 4.5296 (or CLE 950) [a] is a poem found graffitied on the wall of a hallway in Pompeii.Discovered in 1888, it is one of the longest and most elaborate surviving graffiti texts from the town, and may be the only known love poem from one woman to another from the Latin world.