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Ada Limón Is the First Female U.S. Poet Laureate of Mexican Ancestry
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The most recent U.S. poet laureate, Joy Harjo, was the first Native American to fill the role and she passed the baton to Limón in July 2022.
Which Famous Poet Is Your Soulmate?
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Is there anything more romantic than a fabulous poem? I think not. Which one of the world's greatest poets would be the one to sweep you off your feet?
Which Romantic Poet Are You?
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From Byron to Keats to Burns to Wordsworth, the Romantic poets defined a changing time and place and captured it for future generations. Which of these beautiful minds is most like yours?
What Rumi, the World's Most Popular Poet, Wants to Teach Us, 800 Years Later
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Rumi, the Sufi mystic and Persian poet wrote a staggering amount of verse, and is still widely influential and beloved to this day.
How Poetry Works
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Poetry is one of the oldest art forms in existence. Visit HowStuffWorks to learn the ins and outs of poetry.
Why Plato Considered the Poet Sappho the Tenth Muse
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We have just a fraction of Sappho's works, but what we have reveal her personal voice in Greek lyric poetry. Just who was this woman that so inspired even Plato?
Get Out the Haggis, It's Burns Night!
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HowStuffWorks learns about Burns Night suppers, which celebrate the life and legacy of Scotland and the poet Robert Burns.
Can You Match the Poem to Its Author?
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Whether you regularly scour the poetry section at your local bookstore or haven't read a word of Emily Dickinson since high school, test your knowledge of some of the most famous sonnets, villanelles and free-verse pieces with the following quiz.
Claude Monet Paintings 1879-1886
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The Claude Monet paintings of 1879-1886 depict the artist as the epic poet of nature. See Claude Monet's famous Impressionist paintings.
Rhythm and Rhyme: The Poetry Quiz
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Poetry may seem simple, but if you take a closer look, you'll see the attention to form, detail, meter and rhyme that make classic poems so unforgettable. Take our quiz to see how much you know about the art and practice of poetry.