The sublime use of language can be best met in poetry which holds an intrinsic kinship with aesthetics. Poets play with words delicately to create poetic essences and readers extract some sense from ...

In this biweekly course, we will explore some of the major themes in poetry to set the stage for you to write original and well-crafted poems that engage the senses, emotions and intellect. For each ...

A selective survey of poems inspired by specific pieces of music reveals a variety of poetic techniques that communicate the perceptions of notably creative listeners. The attentive reader of such ...

To introduce or review and practice recognizing the parallels between literary devices and their anologuess in 2D visual art, such as symbolism, irony, allusion, repetition, mood, and personification ...

Exploring the fundamental poetic devices of simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and imagery. ABC iview Home Watch all your favourite ABC programs on ABC iview. More from ABC ...

William Shakespeare is the bestselling poet of all time. The word 'poetry' is from the Greek term poiesis, which means 'making'. The oldest written poem is the Epic of Gilgamesh originating from ...