Poem
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Limerick Limerick is a five-line witty poem with a distinctive rhythm, funny and often rude. Named after the Irish town of Limerick, the poem allegedly got its name from the town custom of shouting “Will you come up to Limerick?” after a performance of nonsense poetry at social gatherings. However the actual origin of the…
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This is an extract from my book – Musings of a Romantic where you can learn everything you wanted to know about poetry.
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The Villanelle The villanelle has humble origins as a rustic Italian song, but over the past few centuries it has developed into a highly structured form of poetry. Villanelle is derived from the Italian word villano, meaning a peasant. Originated as a dance song with pastoral themes. A nineteen-line poem divided into five tercets…
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A Free Verse Poem as a rule, does not follow any rules of standard poetry forms. It owes its origins to the French Verse libre. A French weekly magazine called La Vogue started a trend during the late 19th century with a group of poets who were termed to create a £”counter romanticism”. Their…
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Ballad has been there for several centuries (around 13th century) and started off as folk songs, accompanied by musical instruments. Earliest ballads were transmitted orally in song form and mainly dealt with religious and folk lyrics. The ballad’s lyrical rhythm and rhyme owe to the fact that this poetic form is rooted in song telling…
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This week’s poem is a Haiku. This ancient form of poetry writing from 17th century Japan is renowned for its small size as well as the precise punctuation and syllables needed on its three lines. Originally, Haiku’s were the opening stanza of a style of a longer format poem called the Renga, or linked…
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