The four seasons of each year are often the subject of writers and poets. Although not all regions of the world have seasons that are as profoundly obvious as North America and Europe, most people have an understanding of what these seasons are like. And to the poet, each of these four seasons has a symbolic meaning. Whereas spring typically indicates ...
This is both an easy topic and a difficult one. It's easy in that we can find thousands of poems about "god"; however, there is great difficulty in agreeing on who or what "god" is, if "god" is. Let's eliminate the last option first -- there are poems about "god" whether we believe in a "god" or not. The poems exist, ...
Urdu poetry has a long history, with a variety of interesting twists and turns in its development. There are at least six major different forms of Urdu poetry which range from religious to romantic themes. For example, there is the Ghazal, which is typically a short lyric poem often focused on love and romance, although it may have more generalized themes. ...
What makes a poem popular? That's truly a difficult question, as each individual has their own feelings and preferences regarding the type of poetry they enjoy. Still, if you examine the larger picture, looking at trends throughout the industry, you'll notice certain consistencies regarding which poems seem to do 'better' than others. However, one needs also to consider that much of ...
The analysis of a poem is something that all students should learn to do. Even for those who don"t find poetry particularly interesting, the process of analysis alone is worth experiencing and developing. If nothing else, learning to analyze poems may be enjoyable later in life when listening and evaluating the lyrics of songs. There are five main categories that the ...
Children have been the topic of many a poem. Whether it was because they are in some way special to the writer, or because they were just a convenient topic for discussion, children tend to find themselves the locus of attention to poets of all genre and cultures. In most western cultures, we accept that every child is born to its ...
The ode has been a popular form of poetry for thousands of years. This type of poem offers praise and appreciation to loved one, heros, and even historical events. The ode, done in the traditional format, is a very powerful means that poets use to remember and commemorate people or events which have inspired them. The first odes were composed by ...
Seamus Heaney is an Irish-born writer, poet, and lecturer. Among his many awards, recognizing him for his outstanding poetry include the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize in Literature, the 2006 T. S. Eliot award, and the 1996 and 1999 Whitbread awards. He has been a professor at both Oxford and Harvard, teaching poetry, of course. Heaney, born in 1939, lived in ...
When you truly miss someone, the emotions that you feel can often be similar to the same feelings that one might have if they've lost a loved one through death. The heartache and sadness can sometimes be even more difficult, as there is the knowledge that the person is alive and well, but kept away from us by some circumstance which ...
Poems written in the narrative style are those which tell a story. Often times, this form of poetry includes the voices of the person telling the story, the narrator, as well as the story"s characters. Most often, this is composed in a metered voice. These poems can be of various lengths, either long or short. It is not unusual for these ...
