Great poets!!

[shabaz]

What do William Wordsworth, Charles Wright and W. B. Yeats have in common? The answer is that they were all world famous poets whose poems are still studied as a part of literature. Poets have often been described as people who step outside the bounds of the obvious and produce aesthetic and, in some cases, even rhythmic works that are meant to take the reader on a fanciful journey through the poet’s words. Poems have been a part of literature forever and it is believed that the earliest poems evolved from folk songs. A poem usually has certain characters that define it, some of which are things like the rhyme scheme, symbolism, rhetoric, rhythm and even irony. This form of literature has also been used to tell stories, the best example of which the two poems Iliad and The Odyssey, written by Homer, are the best examples. Having familiarized ourselves with poems, it’s only natural that we move onto better acquainting ourselves with the people who wrote them. To that end, what follows now is a collection of the biographies of some of the most famous poets. They include their timelines, information about their professional and personal lives along with interesting facts and trivia about them.

[omferas]

Hi
Do you mean poetic stories? Give us an example if you have them
PLZ

[uiscebeatha]

You mention Yeats and as an Irish person I am ashamed to say that I have not really spent much time on his poetry. Just starting to read some of it now in retirement and enjoying some of it immensely. I have, however, been a long-term reader and admirer of Seamus Heaney and there is no doubt that Yeats influenced much of Heaney's thinking and themes. One of my favourite poems that tell a story is Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' which use the vehicle of a pilgrimage to have the different pilgrims tell a 'moral' story. The ways in which each character tells his / her story and the extent to which they are influenced by other characters is fascinating and sometimes very humorous.

[omferas]

sometimes very humorous.

I think we miss all of this type in the world of literature, thanks for candidness.

[deguonis]

You mention Yeats and as an Irish person I am ashamed to say that I have not really spent much time on his poetry. Just starting to read some of it now in retirement and enjoying some of it immensely. I have, however, been a long-term reader and admirer of Seamus Heaney and there is no doubt that Yeats influenced much of Heaney's thinking and themes. One of my favourite poems that tell a story is Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' which use the vehicle of a pilgrimage to have the different pilgrims tell a 'moral' story. The ways in which each character tells his / her story and the extent to which they are influenced by other characters is fascinating and sometimes very humorous.



Hi.

Do you speak Irish?

[uiscebeatha]

I do. Spend a good deal of my time in Co. Donegal and go to the Gaeltacht [Irish speaking areas]. This is one of many reasons for my love of the county - also play a bit of guitar and tenor banjo [both relatively poorly - but what the hell!]. 'When I play on my fiddle in Dooney, folk dance like a wave of the sea' {Yeats]. Well they don't dane too much when I play but a few drinks and the jigs and reels sound great. Go raibh maith agat don phost seo agus ádh mór ort - thanks for the post and good luck!