Literary Discussion

89 topics in this forum

1. A Shameless Plug for the Reference Section

   By Tinker, November 13, 2011   

   • forum resources
   • 4 replies
   • 3.1k views
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   • JoelJosol
   • December 4, 2011

2. A Fantastic Book on Meter

   By tonyv, December 19, 2009   

   • books
   • meter
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • books
     • meter
     • iambic pentameter
     • scansion
   • 7 replies
   • 4.5k views
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   • waxwings
   • May 15, 2010

3. Polysyllable

   By badger11, May 7, 2022
   • 3 replies
   • 421 views
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   • tonyv
   • May 7, 2022

4. The Brontes' Manuscripts (links to The Guardian articles)

   By tonyv, May 1, 2022
   • 0 replies
   • 204 views
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   • tonyv
   • May 1, 2022

5. Sonnet

   By badger11, February 12, 2022
   • 6 replies
   • 382 views
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   • badger11
   • February 15, 2022

6. Ulysses by James Joyce

   By badger11, January 17, 2021
   • 6 replies
   • 862 views
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   • David W. Parsley
   • August 15, 2021

7. Open to submissions

   By badger11, July 31, 2020
   • 4 replies
   • 380 views
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   • badger11
   • November 25, 2020

8. Classic Texts

   By badger11, November 1, 2020
   • 2 replies
   • 241 views
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   • badger11
   • November 8, 2020

9. Play

   By eclipse, April 26, 2020
   • 2 replies
   • 304 views
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   • Tinker
   • April 26, 2020

10. TS Eliots hidden love letters reveal intense, heartbreaking affair (The Guardian article)

    By tonyv, January 2, 2020
    • 0 replies
    • 333 views
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    • tonyv
    • January 2, 2020

11. Do You Enjoy Your Poems?

    By tonyv, October 3, 2019
    • 7 replies
    • 789 views
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    • badger11
    • November 1, 2019

12. Link to an Article about Seamus Heaney

    By tonyv, July 1, 2018
    • 2 replies
    • 836 views
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    • Aleksandra
    • November 4, 2018

13. Donald Hall

    By Tinker, June 27, 2018
    • 1 reply
    • 447 views
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    • tonyv
    • June 28, 2018

14. Instapoets

    By badger11, October 15, 2017
    • 1 reply
    • 520 views
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    • Tinker
    • November 18, 2017

15. a/the

    By badger11, September 17, 2017
    • 3 replies
    • 963 views
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    • badger11
    • September 19, 2017

16. Maybe of interest

    By badger11, August 26, 2017
    • 3 replies
    • 478 views
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    • tonyv
    • September 10, 2017

17. Is there a poetry in architecture?

    By khashan, April 21, 2016
    • 16 replies
    • 2k views
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    • khashan
    • January 5, 2017

18. Demoted Syllable

    By badger11, November 25, 2016
    • 3 replies
    • 508 views
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    • tonyv
    • December 3, 2016

19. Headless Iambic

    By badger11, September 22, 2016
    • 2 replies
    • 846 views
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    • badger11
    • September 23, 2016

20. Syllables

    By rhymeguy, June 27, 2016
    • 0 replies
    • 497 views
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    • rhymeguy
    • June 27, 2016

21. War poetry World War 2

    By MichaelBully, April 13, 2016   

    • war at sea
    • 2 replies
    • 776 views
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    • David W. Parsley
    • May 15, 2016

22. iambic pentameter

    By khashan, March 21, 2016
    • 6 replies
    • 1.4k views
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    • khashan
    • April 7, 2016

23. A guide to numerical prosody

    By khashan, March 18, 2016   

    • numerical
    • prosody
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • numerical
      • prosody
      • Arabic
      • meters
    • 5 replies
    • 1.9k views
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    • khashan
    • April 7, 2016

24. Poetry of the NOW era

    By bob, October 26, 2015   

    • Form
    • dialect
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Form
      • dialect
      • simplicity
      • style
      • Now era
    • 1 reply
    • 758 views
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    • Tinker
    • October 26, 2015

25. "So you want to be a writer ... " (Guardian article)

    By tonyv, March 14, 2014
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
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    • bob
    • September 25, 2015

26. Online magazines

    By badger11, March 14, 2013
    • 11 replies
    • 1.3k views
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    • fdelano
    • January 22, 2015

27. Strange pursuit.

    By fdelano, October 26, 2014
    • 2 replies
    • 698 views
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    • fdelano
    • December 2, 2014

28. Book suggestion: George Santayana

    By dcmarti1, December 14, 2013
    • 0 replies
    • 737 views
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    • dcmarti1
    • December 14, 2013

29. some research tips?

    By abstrect-christ, November 11, 2013
    • 0 replies
    • 687 views
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    • abstrect-christ
    • November 11, 2013

30. The sound of a poem

    By badger11, April 26, 2013
    • 2 replies
    • 880 views
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    • tonyv
    • July 22, 2013

31. For those that like cherry blossom

    By badger11, April 10, 2013
    • 0 replies
    • 914 views
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    • badger11
    • April 10, 2013

32. Arnaut Daniel

    By dcmarti1, January 15, 2013   

    • sestina
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
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    • Tinker
    • April 3, 2013

33. The Quotation Thread

    By badger11, July 11, 2011
    • 26 replies
    • 4.4k views
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    • badger11
    • April 2, 2013

34. Can anyone help me understand a phrase?

    By Tinker, March 26, 2013
    • 3 replies
    • 1k views
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    • Tinker
    • March 27, 2013

35. Memorable Lines

    By badger11, January 16, 2012
    • 5 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • dcmarti1
    • January 29, 2013

36. Harold Bloom interview

    By eclipse, December 26, 2012
    • 0 replies
    • 883 views
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    • eclipse
    • December 26, 2012

37. videopoetry

    By badger11, November 24, 2012
    • 1 reply
    • 878 views
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    • dr_con
    • December 10, 2012

38. Free Poetry PDFs From PoemHunter.com

    By dcmarti1, November 4, 2012
    • 0 replies
    • 2.7k views
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    • dcmarti1
    • November 4, 2012

39. who is the greatest lyrical poet?

    By eclipse, June 1, 2012
    • 4 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • dcmarti1
    • November 2, 2012

40. Advanced Poetry Hints

    By Larsen M. Callirhoe, October 29, 2012
    • 0 replies
    • 954 views
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    • Larsen M. Callirhoe
    • October 29, 2012

41. Scarborough cemetery poetry contest

    By eclipse, September 12, 2012
    • 2 replies
    • 955 views
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    • eclipse
    • September 24, 2012

42. poetry in transit

    By eclipse, September 4, 2012
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
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    • eclipse
    • September 4, 2012

43. Some more on iambic pentameter

    By tonyv, August 5, 2012   

    • Gerald Manley Hopkins
    • meter
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Gerald Manley Hopkins
      • meter
      • iambic pentameter
      • scansion
    • 7 replies
    • 3.5k views
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    • eclipse
    • August 21, 2012

44. Muriel Stuart Christ at Carnival

    By eclipse, July 22, 2012
    • 1 reply
    • 951 views
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    • eclipse
    • July 22, 2012

45. To our members

    By tonyv, March 13, 2011
    • 8 replies
    • 2.6k views
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    • Larsen M. Callirhoe
    • July 8, 2012

46. who wrote the greatest sonnets?

    By eclipse, May 24, 2012
    • 11 replies
    • 4.6k views
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    • Larsen M. Callirhoe
    • June 23, 2012

47. Syllabic form poems.

    By waxwings, February 21, 2011
    • 4 replies
    • 6k views
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    • tonyv
    • June 12, 2012

48. How great is Yeats?

    By eclipse, April 17, 2012
    • 13 replies
    • 1.8k views
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    • eclipse
    • May 25, 2012

49. Who is the best poet?

    By eclipse, April 27, 2012
    • 10 replies
    • 1.3k views
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    • David W. Parsley
    • May 24, 2012

50. What We Read? 1 2

    By Aleksandra, May 7, 2009   

    • books
    • 52 replies
    • 20.6k views
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    • badger11
    • April 7, 2012