The French mystic made the prediction that Charles would abdicate, according to an author who wrote a book on the famed ...

His vision of the future is laid out in 942 poetic verses called quatrains, and while his writings are somewhat vague, he has ...

Common measure (or common meter) consists of quatrains of iambic lines (short-long), alternating tetrameter and trimeter, with a rhyme scheme of abcb or more tightly abab. If the subjects are not ...

The contents page lists 20 poems, but the title-poem turns out to contain 20 sonnets all on its own – and some of the best ...

Because clairvoyance was considered an act of witchcraft, Nostradamus disguised his predictions every way he could. He wrote poems, riddles, anagrams, and epigrams. He wrote in French, Provencal, ...

This series, titled "Chengdu in Poetry," consists of 3 episodes, featuring in-depth creations based on three ancient Chinese poems describing Chengdu: "Happy rain on a Spring Night," "Quatrains," and ...

and Muntakhab Adabi Istelahaat, a detailed glossary of critical terms that he compiled in association with Suhail Ahmed Khan. Saleem-ur-Rahman’s other works include Rubaiyyat-i-Sarmad (Sarmad’s ...

Essayist, throwback deviser of rhyming verse, chronicler of vanished songbirds, author of a single incendiary novel in which the outlaw protagonist speaks in couplets and occasional quatrains.

So buckle up your blossoms; here we go! Raise your cherry-themed drink to some charmed quatrains and spring-ish sestinas! Brandon Douglas, a poet/emcee/actor/teaching artist, is a young black man ...

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 ...