Poetry (derived from the Greek poiesis, "making") is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, a prosaic ostensible meaning.A poem is a literary composition, written by a poet, utilising this principle.. Poetry has a long and varied history ...

Oct 06, 2018 · There are many famous poems that could have been included in this list ... The form is taken indirectly from Pindar’s Odes in Greek, though via the English versions by Cowley and Gray. However, these, and Wordsworth’s, are much more polite and clear in sense than the phenomenal complexity of metre, grammar, and subject in Pindar’s Greek. ...