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Coleridge: "The Ancient Mariner"

"Christabel" and "Kubla Khan""The Ancient Mariner" "The Ancient Mariner" was first printed in the first edition of "Lyrical Ballads," 1798, again with considerable changes in the second…

song

(Encyclopedia) song, relatively brief, simple vocal composition, usually a setting of a poetic text, often strophic, for accompanied solo voice. The song literature of Western music embodies two…

Millay, Edna St. Vincent

(Encyclopedia) Millay, Edna St. VincentMillay, Edna St. Vincentmĭlāˈ [key], 1892–1950, American poet, b. Rockland, Maine, grad. Vassar College, 1917. One of the most popular poets of her era, Millay…

Coleridge: "LOVE"

"France: an Ode""Dejection: an Ode""LOVE" From the second edition of "Lyrical Ballads," 1800. It was planned by Coleridge as an introduction to the ballad of "The Dark Ladie," which was…

Glossary of Poetry Terms

Iamb, enjambment, senryu, and more by Ann-Marie Imbornoni A-B | C-D | E-H | I-M | N-R | S-VAccent The prominence or emphasis given to a syllable or word. In the word poetry, the accent (or…

Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott was a superstar novelist of the early 19th century, and a pioneer in the art of the historical novel. His special interest was Scotland's history and culture; his first literary success…

War Pictures

ContentsThe AlliesThe BombardmentLead SoldiersThe Painter on SilkA Ballad of Footmen

The Cranberries: Bury the Hatchet

Bury the HatchetIsland Once heralded as one of the bright new bands on the alt-rock horizon, Ireland's The Cranberries were fed up, burned out and seemingly headed for splitsville when they…

Mo Yan

Name at birth: Guan MoyeMo Yan is the pen name of Guan Moye, the author of Red Sorghum Clan and The Garlic Ballads, and the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012. He grew up in Northeast…

Redgrave

(Encyclopedia) Redgrave, family of English actors. Sir Michael Redgrave, 1908–85, b. Bristol, Eng., was an actor, director, and writer. After his first professional performance in Counsellor-at-Law (…