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Kit Wright FRSL (born 17 June 1944) is an English writer who is the author of more than twenty-five books, for both adults and children, [1] and the winner of awards including an Arts Council Writers' Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the Hawthornden Prize, the Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize and the Heinemann Award.
An Ode to the Queen: 1877-09: More Poetic Gems: 1962: Queen Victoria: An Ode to the Queen on her Jubilee Year: 1887-06: Poetic Gems [First Series] 1890: Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria: Annie Marshall the Foundling: 1888-02: Poetic Gems [Second Series] 1891 Attempted Assassination of the Queen: 1882-05: Poetic Gems [First Series] 1890 ...
Absence. A Farewell Ode on quitting School for Jesus College, Cambridge. A Farewell Ode on quiting school for Jesus College, Cambridge. "Where graced with many a classic spoil" 1791 1794, October 11 Happiness. "On wide or narrow scale shall Man" 1791 1834 A Wish. Written in Jesus Wood, Feb. 10, 1792. Written in Jesus Wood, February 10, 1792
"National Anthem of the Ancient Britons", also known as "Woad" or "The Woad Ode", is a humorous song, set to the tune of "Men of Harlech". It first became popular in the 1920s as a song in the British Boy Scouts [ 1 ] and appeared in The Hackney Scout Song Book (Stacy & Son Ltd, 1921).
Book 1 consists of 38 poems. The opening sequence of nine poems are all in a different metre, with a tenth metre appearing in 1.11. It has been suggested that poems 1.12–1.18 form a second parade, this time of allusions to or imitations of a variety of Greek lyric poets: Pindar in 1.12, Sappho in 1.13, Alcaeus in 1.14, Bacchylides in 1.15, Stesichorus in 1.16, Anacreon in 1.17, and Alcaeus ...
For the Union Dead is a book of poems by Robert Lowell that was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 1964. It was Lowell's sixth book. Notable poems from the collection include "Beyond the Alps'" (a revised version of the poem that originally appeared in Lowell's book Life Studies), "Water," "The Old Flame," "The Public Garden" and the title poem, which is one of Lowell's best-known poems.
The Orators: An English Study is a long poem in prose and verse written by W. H. Auden, first published in 1932. It is regarded as a major contribution to modernist poetry in English. The Orators is divided into three main sections, framed by " Prologue " and " Epilogue " (each a short poem ).
The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within is a book by author, actor, comedian, and director Stephen Fry about writing poetry. Fry covers metre , rhyme , many common and arcane poetic forms, and offers poetry exercises, contrasting modern and classic poets.