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  2. List of long poems in English - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English poems over 1000 lines. This list includes poems that are generally identified as part of the long poem genre, being considerable in length, and with that length enhancing the poems' meaning or thematic weight. This alphabetical list is incomplete, as the label of long poem is selectively and inconsistently applied in ...

  3. Gitanjali - Wikipedia

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    Gitanjali ( Bengali: গীতাঞ্জলি, lit. ''Song offering'') is a collection of poems by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, for its English translation, Song Offerings, making him the first non-European and the first Asian & the only Indian to receive this honour. [1]

  4. Mahabharata - Wikipedia

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    Synopsis. Ganesha writes the Mahabharata upon Vyasa's dictation. The core story of the work is that of a dynastic struggle for the throne of Hastinapura, the kingdom ruled by the Kuru clan. The two collateral branches of the family that participate in the struggle are the Kaurava and the Pandava.

  5. Indian classical drama - Wikipedia

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    The term Indian classical drama refers to the tradition of dramatic literature and performance in ancient India. The roots of drama in the Indian subcontinent can be traced back to the Rigveda (1200-1500 BCE), which contains a number of hymns in the form of dialogues, or even scenes, as well as hymns that make use of other literary forms such ...

  6. List of adaptations of Beowulf - Wikipedia

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    This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Beowulf is an Old English heroic epic poem of anonymous authorship. Its creation dates from between the 8th and the 11th century, the only surviving manuscript dating from circa 1010. At 3182 lines, it is notable for its length. It has risen ...

  7. List of works by Andrew Marvell - Wikipedia

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    Lyric poems. A Dialogue Between the Resolvèd Soul and Created Pleasure. On a Drop of Dew. The Coronet. Eyes and Tears. Bermudas. Clorinda and Damon. Two Songs at the Marriage of the Lord Fauconberg and the Lady Mary Cromwell. A Dialogue Between the Soul and Body.

  8. Changampuzha Krishna Pillai - Wikipedia

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    Changampuzha Krishna Pillai One Great Poet Of Malayalam ( Malayalam: ചങ്ങമ്പുഴ കൃഷ്ണപിള്ള; 10 October 1911 – 17 June 1948) was a celebrated Malayalam poet from Kerala, India, known for his elegy Ramanan ( Malayalam: രമണന്‍) which was written in 1936 and sold over 100,000 copies. It is a long ...

  9. List of poems by Walt Whitman - Wikipedia

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    " Now list to my morning's romanza, I tell the signs of the Answerer," Leaves of Grass (Book IX.) 1855 Song of the Banner at Daybreak " O A new song, a free song," Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) Song of the Broad-Axe " Weapon shapely, naked, wan," Leaves of Grass (Book XII.)