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Poetry (a term derived from the Greek word poiesis, "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, a prosaic ostensible meaning. A poem is a literary composition ...
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or written ), or they may also perform their art to an audience .
The poem was set to music in 1965 by Benjamin Britten as part of his song cycle Songs and Proverbs of William Blake . The poem was set to music in 1987 by Tangerine Dream on their album Tyger; the album is based on the poems of William Blake. "London" also inspired the opening lines of The Verve 's 1995 single "History".
The poem was written in 1919 in the aftermath of the First World War [4] and the beginning of the Irish War of Independence in January 1919, which followed the Easter Rising in April 1916, and before the British government had decided to send in the Black and Tans to Ireland. Yeats used the phrase "the second birth" instead of "the Second ...
The earliest known English poem is a hymn on the creation; Bede attributes this to Cædmon ( fl. 658–680), who was, according to legend, an illiterate herdsman who produced extemporaneous poetry at a monastery at Whitby. This is generally taken as marking the beginning of Anglo-Saxon poetry.
Nach ausgiebigen Touren im Frühjahr und Sommer veröffentlichte das Berliner Metropol-Label seine EP Alles auf Anfang. Die Musik hatte sich verändert. Sie lag jetzt zwischen Brel, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits und Nick Cave. Seit Januar 2016 bestehen Poems for Laila aus dem Duo Nikolai Tomás und Joanna Gemma Auguri.
Lyric poetry dealing with relationships, sex, and domestic life constituted the new mainstream of American poetry in the middle of the 20th century, following such movements as the confessional poets of the 1950s and 1960s, who included Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton.
