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- For the American journal, see Poetry (magazine).
Poetry is an art form in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to or instead of its ostensible meaning. Poetry has a long history, and early attempts to define poetry, such as Aristotle's Poetics, focused on the various uses of speech in rhetoric, drama, song and comedy.Aristotle's Poetics, Heath (ed) (1997), further discussed below. Later attempts focused on the deliberate use of features such as repetition and rhyme and the emphasis on aesthetics to distinguish poetry from prose.See, for example, Kant's Critique of Judgment, discussed below. Contemporary poets, such as Dylan Thomas, often identify poetry not as a literary genre within a set of genres, but as a fundamental creative act using language.Dylan Thomas, Quite Early One Morning, discussed below.
Poetry often uses condensed forms and conventions to reinforce or expand the meaning of the underlying words or to invoke emotional or sensual experiences in the reader, as well as using devices such as assonance, alliteration and rhythm to achieve musical or incantatory effects. Poetry's use of ambiguity, symbolism, irony and other stylistic elements of poetic diction often leaves a poem open to multiple interpretations.
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RT @Alvaro159: DONT FORGET, @MRCRISIS PERFORMING TUES JAN 5TH @ BOWERY POETRY CLUB...CLICK THE FLYER FOR MORE INFO http://twitpic.com/vyqj6
DJV12 (DJ V12) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:25:51 -0000
RT @Alvaro159: DONT FORGET, @MRCRISIS PERFORMING TUES JAN 5TH @ BOWERY POETRY CLUB...CLICK THE FLYER FOR MORE INFO http://twitpic.com/vyqj6
Im starting early planning my grand musical bday party!! I'm going to have my friends and family do Poetry n sing my fav pieces yay me!!
Deanna040384 (Deanna Dixon) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:25:46 -0000
Im starting early planning my grand musical bday party!! I'm going to have my friends and family do Poetry n sing my fav pieces yay me!!
@lolamarya I don't understand how I've been living here 4 20 years, and have never heard of a poetry spot here
etstokes (Erika Stokes) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:25:30 -0000
@lolamarya I don't understand how I've been living here 4 20 years, and have never heard of a poetry spot here
Jst got 2 Speak No Evil Poetry & this is my home, that mic is my lungs, & when I perform I breathe....exhale
Jerk500 (Akil Harrell) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:24:55 -0000
Jst got 2 Speak No Evil Poetry & this is my home, that mic is my lungs, & when I perform I breathe....exhale
RT @kgcummings: @writer99 thank you for the #ww I see ur poem is #6 on top 50 at AD. Congrats! <--Post links to poetry, articles & Books :)
writer99 (Stuart Ross McCallum) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:24:45 -0000
RT @kgcummings: @writer99 thank you for the #ww I see ur poem is #6 on top 50 at AD. Congrats! <--Post links to poetry, articles & Books :)
#avlMissed poetry archivists on this board? (financial district): I missed some good poetry over the past few week... http://bit.ly/6oHq0z
Ash_Craigslist (Asheville Craigslist) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:24:06 -0000
#avlMissed poetry archivists on this board? (financial district): I missed some good poetry over the past few week... http://bit.ly/6oHq0z
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Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England - Taken down from oral recitation and transcribed from private manuscripts, rare broadsides and scarce publications.
Are There Lines in Folk Poetry? - Article by B. Hayes and M. MacEachern discussing meters and stanza structures in English folk poetry.
Brazilian Folklore: Cordel Literature - Folk poetry of northeastern Brazil.
Looking North Of The Greek World: The Slavic Folk Poetry of The Balkans - Curriculum materials comparing ancient Greek and Slavic folk poetry.
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Traditional Malay Verse - Pantun - Brief article on the Malay quatrain, which used to be an integral part of Malay life.
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