ErysichthonBy OvidSome are transformed just once And live their whole lives after in that shape. Others have a facility… Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityThe BodyMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyTypes/ModesEpic
Erysichthon’s SeedBy Shanta Lee Hunger like her mama Most strong in White gaze as in a Cowbird’s flirtation Sprouted in eyes to tongues… Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsThe BodyMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyTypes/ModesEpic + 2 more
The Waste LandBy T. S. Eliot I. The Burial of the Dead April is the cruellest monthApril is the cruellest month The Waste Land…Social CommentariesReligionLivingRelationshipsTypes/ModesEpic
poetry-magazinefrom Paradiso: Canto 33 (lines 46-48, 52-66)By Dante AlighieriAs I drew nearer to the end of all desire, I brought my longing's ardor to a final height, Just as I…ReligionChristianityGod & the DivineArts & SciencesPhilosophyStanza FormsTerza RimaTypes/ModesEpicOptimism + 3 more
The Songs of Maximus: SONG 2By Charles Olsonall wrong And I am asked—ask myself (I, too, covered with the gurry of it) where shall we go from here…Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeActivitiesTravels & JourneysArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsMetersFree VerseTypes/ModesEpic + 3 more
The Songs of Maximus: SONG 1By Charles Olson colored pictures of all things to eat: dirty postcards And words, words, words all over everything…Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsMetersFree VerseTypes/ModesEpic
Canto IVBy Ezra PoundPalace in smoky light, Troy but a heap of smouldering boundary stones, ANAXIFORMINGES! Aurunculeia! …LoveDesire & PassionNatureLandscapes & PastoralsRelationshipsMen & WomenMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyHeroes & PatriotismTechniquesAllusionTypes/ModesEpic + 6 more
Don Juan: Canto 11By Lord Byron (George Gordon)I When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter," And proved it—'twas no matter what he said: They…LoveInfatuation & CrushesSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeRelationshipsMen & WomenArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsReading & BooksStanza FormsOttava RimaTypes/ModesEpic + 6 more
poetry-magazineWriting an ElegyBy Rickey LaurentiisBut so tangled in the branches they had to leave it, the conquistador’sblack beard cut from his head…Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingThe BodyThe MindMetersFree VerseTypes/ModesEpicAngerAnxiety & InsecurityDisappointmentGrief + 10 more
Paradise Lost: Book 9 (1674 version)By John MiltonNO more of talk where God or Angel Guest With Man, as with his Friend, familiar us'd To sit indulgent…ReligionChristianityGod & the DivineMetersBlank VerseTypes/ModesEpic
Paradise Lost: Book 8 (1674 version)By John MiltonTHE Angel ended, and in Adams Eare So Charming left his voice, that he a while Thought him still speaking…ReligionChristianityGod & the DivineMetersBlank VerseTypes/ModesEpic
Paradise Lost: Book 7 (1674 version)By John MiltonDEscend from Heav'n Urania, by that name If rightly thou art call'd, whose Voice divine Following, above…ReligionChristianityGod & the DivineMetersBlank VerseTypes/ModesEpic
Paradise Lost: Book 6 (1674 version)By John MiltonALL night the dreadless Angel unpursu'd Through Heav'ns wide Champain held his way, till Morn, Wak't…ReligionChristianityGod & the DivineMetersBlank VerseTypes/ModesEpic
Paradise Lost: Book 5 (1674 version)By John MiltonNOw Morn her rosie steps in th' Eastern ClimeAdvancing, sow'd the earth with Orient Pearle,When Adam…ReligionChristianityGod & the DivineMetersBlank VerseTypes/ModesEpic
Paradise Lost: Book 4 (1674 version)By John MiltonO For that warning voice, which he who saw Th' Apocalyps, heard cry in Heaven aloud, Then when the Dragon…ReligionChristianityGod & the DivineMetersBlank VerseTypes/ModesEpic
Paradise Lost: Book 3 (1674 version)By John MiltonHAil holy Light, ofspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of th' Eternal Coeternal beam May I express thee …ReligionChristianityGod & the DivineMetersBlank VerseTypes/ModesEpic
Paradise Lost: Book 2 (1674 version)By John MiltonHIgh on a Throne of Royal State, which far Outshon the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous…ReligionChristianityGod & the DivineMetersBlank VerseTypes/ModesEpic
Paradise Lost: Book 1 (1674 version)By John MiltonOF Mans First Disobedience, and the FruitOf that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tastBrought Death into…ReligionChristianityGod & the DivineMetersBlank VerseTypes/ModesEpic
from Idylls of the King: The Passing of ArthurBy Alfred, Lord TennysonThat story which the bold Sir Bedivere, First made and latest left of all the knights, Told, when the…LivingDeathSorrow & GrievingMythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & LegendsHeroes & PatriotismMetersBlank VerseTypes/ModesEpic + 3 more
from Idylls of the King: The Last TournamentBy Alfred, Lord TennysonDagonet, the fool, whom Gawain in his mood Had made mock-knight of Arthur's Table Round, At Camelot,…LoveDesire & PassionRealistic & ComplicatedRelationshipsMythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & LegendsHeroes & PatriotismMetersBlank VerseTypes/ModesEpic + 4 more