Poetry
Poetry The following is a brief history of poetry throughout the world. Poetry is said to have started in what is now called the Pre-Homeric Period (3000b. ... The Mesopotamian people invented the wheel, cities, and writing, including poetry. The earliest form of poetry that is known of comes from these people. The Mesopotamians recorded their poetry as triangular indentations on rolls of clay, called cuneiform script. Their poetry was about their gods and myths. The Mesopotamian poetry was meant to be sung as a harp was played in the background. ... She was a powerful poet and her poetry had songlike qualities, which suggests that choirs may have sung it. The time of Egyptian poetry was between 3100-30b. ... Their poetry talks about gods and myths. ... Poetry in India began in approximately 1500b. ... ), poetry began to progress. Poetry makes up a good portion of the Old Testament. Some examples of poetry from the Bible are: The book of Job, Ecclesiastes, Isaiah, Amos, Micah, and Song of Solomon. The King James Bible is the traditional source for the poetry of the Old Testament. The Homeric period is made up of poetry from Homer, who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey. ... In this time period, Chinese poetry began to progress. ... 476), Greek and Latin poetry began to surface. ... In Greek poetry there were the lyric poets whose work was around for eight centuries. ... Although her poetry was centuries ago, a fresh and somewhat contemporary voice can be detected. ... Latin poetry contributed a lot to poetry as a whole, and one of the most famous poems was “The Aeneid,” which was written by Virgil. ... There was a lot of good poetry written during this time. In Europe, most of the poetry was in Latin. ... Poetry in the Middle East and Asia was not a dark era. Arabic poetry really began to progress during this time period. ... Arabic became a transnational language of religion, culture, and poetry when Islam was established. The holy book of Islam, the Koran, is filled with poetry. The golden age for classical Arabic poetry spanned from a. ... Old English poetry began to take flight during the Dark and Golden Ages. ... Most of the poetry from this time is anonymous. ... 800-1100 a collection of Norse epic and mythological poetry came out of Iceland.