Poetry has been an essential part of many countries’ popular culture for centuries. Italy, Russia, Iran, Chile, Poland, and Nicaragua are good examples, to name just a few. In these places, professors ...

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Had Oliver Wendell Holmes not felt the patriotic pride that led to his writing of this inspiring poem, the USS Constitution ...

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Often when we listen to music, we just instinctually enjoy it. Sometimes, though, it's worth dissecting a song or other composition to figure out how ...

The complete version contains about 800 examples of irregular spelling and pronunciation, and although the poem is meant to be read with British English pronunciations in mind, it doesn't make much ...

Poetry used to have rhyme and rhythm: the reason both words are hard to spell is that they derive from ancient Greek. The oldest recorded rhyme is from China in the 10th century BC.

Today, we help you pay attention to the sound and feel of this week’s poem. Play our game to see how much you’ve already learned.

For example, he used "libertad" instead of "freedom". Whitman also spoke of the importance of the Hispanic element in American nationality, and that is important coming from Whitman, the poet of ...

Fancy a short one and a quick laugh? These funny limericks won't just make you smile—they'll make you feel a little smarter too.