FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
POETRY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Poetry, spoken or written, predates other styles of literature. Mankind’s oldest surviving manuscript is from the Geometric period (900-700BC). It was an epic poem about the demigod and Sumerian king, Gilgamesh, that circulated from Mesopotamia, Europe all the way to Asia, carved on stone pillars.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are three main kinds of poetry: narrative, dramatic and lyrical. It is not always possible to make distinction between them. For example, an epic poem can contain lyrical passages, or lyrical poem can contain narrative parts.
Detailed explanation-3: -Poetry is a type of literature that aims to evoke an emotional response in the reader through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm. The five defining characteristics of a poem include: meter. rhyme. form.
Detailed explanation-4: -The oldest ‘poetic’ text we know of is “Hymn to the Death of Tammuz” dating back 2500 to 3000 years BC3. The equally ancient Epic of Gilgamesh is preserved on written tab-lets dating back to about 1200 BC.
Detailed explanation-5: -Poetry itself probably dates back to cavemen and the earliest shamans, who chronicled events in picture-stories, symbols, songs, and tales to chronicle hunts and features of the land on which these people survived. Poetry also took nomads into altered or supernatural realms.