Nov 24, 2025 · Poetry is a type of literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or an emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, …

Poetry is a type of literature, or artistic writing, that attempts to stir a reader’s imagination or emotions. The poet does this by carefully choosing and arranging language for its meaning, …

As an adherent of the cause of Irish nationalism, he had hoped to instill pride in the Irish past. The poetry of The Green Helmet (1910) and Responsibilities (1914), however, was marked not …

The sonnet was introduced to England, along with other Italian verse forms, by Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, in the 16th century. The new forms precipitated the great …

Dec 1, 2025 · The earliest known epic poetry is that of the Sumerians. Its origin has been traced to a preliterate heroic age, not later than 3000 bce, when the Sumerians had to fight, under the …

Confessional poetry is a literary movement that emerged in American poetry in the 1950s and ’60s. Confessional poetry is characterized by poems that are self-revelatory and often deeply …

Nov 24, 2025 · American poet Robert Frost said shrewdly that poetry was what got left behind in translation, which suggests a criterion of almost scientific refinement: when in doubt, translate; …

Dec 12, 2025 · Wordsworth called poetry “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling,” and in 1833 John Stuart Mill defined poetry as “feeling itself, employing thought only as the medium …

Nov 10, 2025 · The output of Romantic writers encompassed poetry, fiction, plays, folklore, fairy tales, history, autobiography, and other prose works. This article discusses the principal …

Poetry, literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.