The Florentine poet’s richly detailed vision of a journey through hell and beyond has inspired other writers and artists for centuries.

Instead of trying to break down the art of naming a child, let’s try something different and use art as inspiration for the baby name.

Learn about the conventions of a sonnet, the difference between Shakespearean and Petrarchan sonnets, iambic pentameter and rhyme schemes. How to understand rhythm in poetry Learn about rhythm in ...

A regular rhythm has a regular beat to each line of the poem. Sonnets typically have ten beats in a line – this is called an iambic pentameter. Shakespearean sonnets end in two lines that rhyme ...

The note on the back cover of the book seeks to sum up the poet’s intent in inditing the crisis in Gaza: “The poems in this volume reflect a personal reaction to the heart-wrenching scene of ...

Wrong! Writing lyrics is harder. Some poetry has strict forms such as the haiku or the sonnet, or it may follow a certain meter, such as the iambic pentameter (10 syllables with every other one ...

By The New York Times Books Staff These vintage books introduce the archetypes, settings and lavishly bonkers sensibility that are the hallmarks of great romance. By Olivia Waite Two new books ...

Patricia McCarthy edited Agenda poetry journal for more than 20 years. She won the British National Poetry Competition in 2013. A pamphlet of new poems is due later this year from Dare-Gale Press ...

We hear them and for us, it’s peaceful. Marge Piercy is a writer from Detroit. She has written 17 novels and 20 volumes of poetry, the most recent of which is On the Way Out, Turn Off the Light.

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Although Yarros is perhaps best known for her trio of romantasy novels, she has ...

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Words for Love, and Comfort, are the first two titles of the new creative Poetry Prescription series... eight pocket-sized gift books containing carefully curated ‘prescriptions in verse ...