poetry

Introduction in poetry: nature of poetry, tools, history, terms (periods, styles and movements, technical means, tropes, measures of verse, verse forms, national poetry… Poetry is traditionally a written art form (although there is also an ancient and modern poetry which … Read More

(The Parnassus (1511) by Raphael: famous poets recite alongside the nine Muses atop Mount Parnassus.) Sound Perhaps the most vital element of sound in poetry is rhythm. Often the rhythm of each line is arranged in a particular meter. Different … Read More

Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is traditionally a written art type (even though there’s also an ancient and contemporary poetry which relies primarily upon oral or pictorial representations) in which human language is utilized for its aesthetic … Read More

Douglas Hofstadter Poetry presents special challenges to translators, given the importance of a text’s formal aspects, in addition to its content. In his influential 1959 paper “On Linguistic Aspects of Translation”, the Russian-born linguist and semiotician Roman Jakobson went so … Read More

Harold Morton Landon Translation Award, 1980: Edmund Keeley, for Ritsos in Parentheses. The Harold Morton Landon Translation Award is a U.S. literary award given by the Academy of American Poets to recognize a published translation of poetry from any language … Read More