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Parent topics

• Language [r]: A communication system based on sequences of acoustic, visual or tactile symbols that serve as units of meaning. ^[e]
• Literature [r]: The profession of “letters” (from Latin litteras), and written texts considered as aesthetic and expressive objects. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Free verse [r]: Non-metrical poetry. ^[e]
• Haiku [r]: A Japanese poem containing of three lines with five, seven, five syllables, respectively. ^[e]
• Metre (poetry) [r]: Basic rhythmic pattern of lines in a poem; basic structure of a poetic line in terms of its beat or rhythm. ^[e]
• Prosody (poetry) [r]: The methods (including, but not limited to, poetic metre) affecting how a reader experiences the sounds of a poem in time; or the study of such methods. ^[e]

Poets

• Louisa May Alcott [r]: (1832-88) American writer known for the novel Little Women that has been adapted for film, television and stage many times. ^[e]
• Elizabeth Alexander [r]: American poet, essayist and playwright; delivered poem "Praise Song for the Day" during inauguration ceremony of President Barack Obama. ^[e]
• Maya Angelou [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Matthew Arnold [r]: Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) was a poet, critic, and writer on culture. ^[e]
• Margaret Atwood [r]: (1939 - ) Canadian poet, literary critic, essayist, and writer of novels with an emphasis on feminism as well as Canadian nationalism and identity. ^[e]
• W. H. Auden [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Charles Baudelaire [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hillaire Belloc [r]: Add brief definition or description
• William Blake [r]: (1757-1827) was an English poet and artist, posthumously seen as one of the leading figures of the Romantic Movement. ^[e]
• Jorge Luis Borges [r]: An Argentinean author best known for his Magical Realism short stories. ^[e]
• Robert Browning [r]: (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) English poet and playwright best known for his dramatic monologues. ^[e]
• Lord Byron [r]: (January 22, 1788 - April 19, 1824), George Gordon Byron, English romantic poet, known not only for his poetry, but also his unconventional lifestyle and advocacy for Greek independence. ^[e]
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge [r]: (Oct. 21, 1772 - July 25, 1834) Romantic poet and critic, colleague of William Wordsworth. ^[e]
• T. S. Eliot [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ralph Waldo Emerson [r]: (1803-82) American poet, essayist, and lecturer; leading exponent of New England transcendentalism. ^[e]
• Robert Frost [r]: (1874-1963) American lyric poet who drew his inspiration from nature and the New England countryside. ^[e]
• Homer [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Andrew Motion [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ovid [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sylvia Plath [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Edgar Allen Poe [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Alexander Pope [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ezra Pound [r]: Add brief definition or description
• William Shakespeare [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Alfred Lord Tennyson [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Walt Whitman [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Virgil [r]: Add brief definition or description
• William Butler Yeats [r]: Add brief definition or description