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William Blake used lines of fourteen syllables, for example in The Book of Thel.These lines, however, are not written in iambic heptameter. Four of the poems included by J.R.R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings are written in fourteeners: "Galadriel's Song of Eldamar," in the chapter "Farewell to Lórien"; the "Lament for Boromir" in the chapter "The Departure of Boromir"; and two in the ...
Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote more than 500 pieces.With his unconventional rhyming schemes, he was declared by The New York Times to be the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry.
No aspect of the poem was an accident, he claims, but is based on total control by the author. [46] Even the term "Nevermore", he says, is used because of the effect created by the long vowel sounds (though Poe may have been inspired to use the word by the works of Lord Byron or Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ). [ 47 ]
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
Collected Poems is a spoken-word recording of the Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney reading his own work. It was released by RTÉ to mark his 70th birthday, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] which occurred on 13 April 2009. [ 3 ]
Some lads murder their brothers and are hanged (VIII–IX). The spring's promise of love and renewal may be false (X). The ghost of a lad dead of grief begs the consolation of a last embrace (XI). Unattainable love leaves the lad helpless and lost (XIII–XVI). The playing of a game of cricket or football consoles a broken heart (XVII).
John M. Ford (1957–2006), US SF and fantasy writer, game designer and poet; Veronica Forrest-Thomson (1947–1975), Scots poet and critical theorist; Ugo Foscolo (1778–1827), Italian writer, revolutionary and poet; William Fowler (c. 1560–1612), Scottish poet, writer and translator; Janet Frame (1924–2004), New Zealand author
The Game of Love, a 2006 album by Elena Paparizou; This Game of Love, album by Vic Damone "The Game of Love", a song by Daft Punk from their 2013 album Random Access Memories "The Game of Love" (Santana song), 2002, featuring Michelle Branch "The Game of Love" (Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders song), 1965, later covered by multiple artists