typically takes on themes such as struggle, despair, and sex
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from the Latin word for 'patchwork', made up of lines from poems by other poets
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found in European languages, origin of the form dates back to medieval French poetry
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poet speaks through an assumed voice - a character, a fictional identity, or a persona
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modern ekphrastic poems have generally shrugged off antiquity’s obsession with elaborate description, and instead have tried to interpret, inhabit, confront, and speak to their subjects
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three stages of loss - first, there is a lament, then praise for the idealized dead, and finally consolation and solace
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superhuman deeds, fabulous adventures, highly stylized language, and a blending of lyrical and dramatic traditions
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candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker
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from the Latin ‘epistula’ for ‘letter’—are, quite literally, poems that read as letters
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literary equivalent of a collage, often made from newspaper articles, street signs, graffiti, speeches, letters, or even other poems
