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Altar poem — An Altar Poem is any type of poetry where the characters, words, and lines have been written in such a way that when looked at as a whole, the poem forms an outline that is easily recognizable to the reader. The object that is outlined must be… … Wikipedia
Fasti (poem) — Tiepolo s Triumph of Flora (ca. 1743), a scene based on the Fasti, Book 4[1] The Fasti is a six book Latin poem by Ovid believed to have been left unfinished when the poet was exiled to T … Wikipedia
Darkness (poem) — Darkness is a poem written by Lord Byron in July 1816. That year was known as the Year Without a Summer this is because Mount Tambora had erupted in the Dutch East Indies the previous year, casting enough ash in to the atmosphere to block out the … Wikipedia
Endymion (poem) — Endymion is a poem by John Keats first published in 1818. Beginning famously with the line A thing of beauty is a joy for ever , Endymion, like many epic poems in English (including John Dryden s translations from Virgil and Alexander Pope s… … Wikipedia
Nora at the Altar-Rail — is a one act opera by Jay Anthony Gach, to a libretto by Royce Vavrek. The libretto is based on the Book of Genesis and inspired by Thomas Hardy s poem At the Altar Rail which is prominently featured in the piece. Written while Vavrek and Gach… … Wikipedia
Concrete poetry — George Herbert s Easter Wings , printed in 1633 on two facing pages (one stanza per page), sideways, so that the lines would call to mind birds flying up with outstretched wings. Concrete poetry or Size poetry is poetry in which the typographical … Wikipedia
Troilus — [ Etruscan fresco, Tomb of the Bulls, Tarquinia, c540 530BC.] Troilus (also Troilos, Troylus) (Ancient Greek: Τρωίλος, Troïlos, Latin: Troilus) is a legendary character associated with the story of the Trojan War. The first surviving reference to … Wikipedia
biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… … Universalium
Ode on a Grecian Urn — Tracing of an engraving of the Sosibios vase by Keats Ode on a Grecian … Wikipedia
JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period … Encyclopedia of Judaism
