For his commencement address in 1892, Strauss penned a 21-stanza poem titled "Reveries," and presented his senior thesis, an outlandish proposal to construct an international railroad spanning the ...

One key difference is that narrative poems often include some poetic devices such as rhyming, rhythm (by counting syllables) or repetition. A stanza is a group of lines within a poem. A stanza is ...

My guest this week on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Amos Bridges, who lives in Springfield, Missouri. I’m especially happy to hear from Amos because he’s the editor-in-chief for the Springfield ...

Traditionally, a poem sticks to a definite form, style and a set of characteristics. Lines are grouped into stanzas, or verses, and poets make deliberate decisions about word choices, and the ...