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Gnomic poetry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gnomic poetry consists of sententious maxims put into verse to aid the memory. They were known by the Greeks as gnomes, from the Greek word for "an opinion". A gnome was defined by the Elizabethan ...
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Maxims (Old English poems) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The titles Maxims I (A, B and C) and Maxims II refer to pieces of Old English gnomic poetry. The poem Maxims I can be found in the Exeter Book and Maxims II is located in a lesser know...
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Gnomic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gnomic may refer to a variety of things: • Gnomic tense, a tense expressing a general truth • Gnomic will, a concept in Eastern Orthodox theology • Gnomic poetry, a poetic form • A Gnome (rhetoric) o...
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I think, perhaps, I may have been too harsh (is that possible?) on lyric poetry. I think my disdain for it comes from the seeming fact that so much lyric poetry devolves into Gnomic Poetry -- the poet-on-high telling us how to behave.
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[Gnomic poetry consists of sententious sayings of different kinds. Sometimes a general truth is stated, a simple observation based on human experience; sometimes a moral maxim is laid down. Such poetry is found in the early stages of many literatures.
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GNOME, AND GNOMIC POETRY. Sententious maxims, put into verse for the better aid of the memory, were known by the Greeks as gnomes, yv& ac, from -yvc'o pm an opinion. it is improbable that there ever existed a species of poetry made up entirely of successive gnomes. But the title "gnomic" came to be given to all...
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GNOMES (Fr. gnomes, Ger. Gnomen), in folk-lore, the name now commonly given to the earth and mountain spirits who are supposed to watch over veins of precious metals and other hidden treasures. They are usually pictured as bearded dwarfs clad in brown close-fitting garments with hoods. ... << Gnome and Gnomic poetry...
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title " gnomic " came to be given to all poetry which dealt in a sententious way with questions GNOMES-See also: ... imitation of the Greek gnomic writers of the 6th century B.C . These modern effusionsiare rarely literature and perhaps never poetry . ... End of Article: AND GNOMIC POETRY GNOME;
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Gnomic poetry. Gnomic poetry summary with 3 pages of encyclopedia entries, research information, and more. ... View More Summaries on Gnomic poetry...
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