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17 Poems (Swedish: 17 dikter) is a 1954 poetry collection by the Swedish writer Tomas Tranströmer. It was Tranströmer's debut book: he had previously only been published in journals. The book was well received in the Swedish press and praised for its formal confidence and imagination in metaphors.
12. Nov. 2019 · A selection of ten poems from the seventeenth century, a period of great literary innovation and diversity in English poetry. From Donne's religious debates to Marvell's seduction lyrics, from Herrick's carpe diem to Milton's epic, these poems showcase the variety and excellence of the century.
Pieces of jagged glass were sticking out all over. Strange that I couldn’t feel anything. Hey, don’t pull that sheet over my head! I can’t be dead. I’m only 17. I’ve got a date tonight. I’m supposed to grow up and have a wonderful life. I haven’t even lived yet, I can’t be dead. Later I was placed in a drawer.
More than 40,000 poems by contemporary and classic poets, including Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, Langston Hughes, Rita Dove, and more.
- Horace
- Epodes
- Conclusion
Quintus Horatius Flaccus was born on 8 December 65 BCE in the town of Venusia, located in the Italian province of Apulia. His father was a successful public auctioneer and a freedman, supposedly enslaved when Venusia was captured by Roman forces during the Social War of 91-87 bce. Despite his father's status as a freedman, Horace was able to attend...
Unlike Horace's Epistles and his Satires, the Epodes is just one book of 17 poems, published around 30-29 BCE; some of the poems were written before his acquaintance with Maecenas. Translator and author Stephen Harrison writes that the Epodes "takes on the rumbustious world of Greek imbus, poetry of crude aggression and comradeship." (9) Throughout...
Although published much later, many of the Epodes are among Horace's earlier works. According to Edith Hamilton in her The Roman Way, his early writings have a "bitterness even brutality" – something that would eventually pass. She believed that "Words and phrases were his passion" (123). He was part of a golden age of Roman literature that would e...
- Donald L. Wasson
100 Great Poems Everyone Should Read, sorted by category so you can find exactly what suits your mood. The collection includes: O Captain! My Captain!; Song of Myself; Mending Wall; Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening; He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven; Love and Friendship; The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock; Ode to the West Wind; How Do I Love Thee?; A Dream Within a Dream; The Rime of the ...
15 Best Poems from the 17th Century, Ranked by Poetry Experts. (15 to start, 125+ to explore) The 17th century English literature is categorized into the Jacobean period (1603-1625), the Late Renaissance (1625-1660), and Restoration Age (1660-1700). William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson were prominent poets of the Jacobean period.
