In this Wednesday, March 20, 2019, photo provided by Harvard University, Samuel Bradstreet's name appears on the title page of a 1678 edition of the book: "Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of ...

It’s National Poetry Month, so in schools across the country, teachers will be sharing poems with kids. Maybe some Shel Silverstein or Jack Prelutsky or Joyce Sidman. Maybe even some William Carlos ...

Poetry essentially is figurative language, concentrated so that its form is both expressive and evocative. Figuration is a departure from the literal, and the form of a great poem itself can be a ...

Meet Mississauga Poet Laureate, Ayomide Bayowa and participate in a guided workshop on the process of writing poems and short works through the use of figurative language. Discover take home ...

Hyperbole, similes and metaphors are all types of figurative language that help to make your writing more interesting. They can be particularly helpful for creating an image of what you are writing ...

A presentation speech was delivered by Harald Hjärne, Chairman of the Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy, on December 10, 1913, on the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore's receiving the Nobel Prize ...