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A notable example was composed by boxer Muhammad Ali. On June 4, 1975, after giving a speech at Harvard University, Ali was discussing poetry on stage with journalist George Plimpton . When asked for the shortest poem of all time, Plimpton recited "Fleas" as above, and Ali responded, "I've got one: Me?
1, 2, 5, 15, 52, 203, 877, 4140, 21147, 115975, .. (sequence A000110 in the OEIS). Examples: We find one rhyme scheme for a one-line poem (A), two different rhyme schemes for a two-line poem (AA, AB), and five for a three-line poem: AAA, AAB, ABA, ABB, and ABC. These counts, however, include rhyme schemes in which rhyme is not employed at all ...
Juvenile Pieces ; Poems Written in Youth; Distinct Class (with Descriptive sketches) (1836–); Poems of Early and Late Years: 1798 Female Vagrant 1791–1794 " 'By Derwent's side my father dwelt—a man" Juvenile Pieces ; Poems Written in Youth; Distinct Class (with Descriptive sketches) (1836–); 1798 Lines (2) 1795
The picture shows fol. 2r, which contains Tirukkuṟaḷ 1 and 2 with commentary. The Kural is one of the most important forms of classical Tamil language poetry . It is a very short poetic form being an independent couplet complete in 2 lines, the first line consisting of 4 words and the second line consisting of 3.
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 ...
A haiku in English is an English-language poem written in a form or style inspired by Japanese haiku.Like their Japanese counterpart, haiku in English are typically short poems and often reference the seasons, but the degree to which haiku in English implement specific elements of Japanese haiku, such as the arranging of 17 phonetic units (either syllables or the Japanese on) in a 5–7–5 ...
"Maxims I" (sometimes treated as three separate poems, "Maxims I, A, B and C") and "Maxims II" are pieces of Old English gnomic poetry. The poem "Maxims I" can be found in the Exeter Book and "Maxims II" is located in a lesser known manuscript, London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius B i.
Early religious examples of shaped poems in English include "Easter Wings" and "The Altar" in George Herbert's The Temple (1633) [9] and Robert Herrick's "This crosstree here", which is set in the shape of a cross, from his Noble Numbers (1647). [10] Secular examples include poems on the subject of drinking in the shape of wine flagons by ...