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Blank Verse , Blank verse Jalal Ad-din Rumi , Rumi
BORN: 1207, Balkh
DIED: 1273, Konya
NATIONALITY: Persian
GENRE: Poetry, nonfiction
MAJOR WORKS:
Mathnawi (1260–1273)
Diwan-i Shamz-i Tabriz (124… Basho , Matsuo Basho
Matsuo Basho
Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) was one of the greatest Japanese poets. He elevated haiku to the level of serious poetry in numero… Sri Ramakrishna , Sri Ramakrishna
Born: February 18, 1833
Kamapukur, India
Died: August 16, 1886
Calcutta, India
Indian religious leader and mystic
Sri Ramakrishna was… Ogden Nash , Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash (1902-1971) was arguably one of the most commercially successful English-language poets of the twentieth century.
Nash's verse… Obadiah , Obadiah, Book of
OBADIAH, BOOK OF (Heb. עֹבַדְיָה; "Servant of the Lord"). Obadiah, author of the shortest book in the Bible, is the fourth of the Mi…
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