Homer wrote enduring epics The Iliad and The Odyssey. Sappho, an ancient Greek poet, wrote about love and religion. Sappho's poems were set to music and earned her "Ode to Aphrodite" fame
Project Gutenberg eBook released August 24, 2008. Contains 25 books total, including 15 "Good-bye My Fancy". Produced by G. Fuhrman and David Widger
Epigram is a short, witty statement conveying a single thought or observation. Typically ends with a punchline or satirical twist. Most epigrams rhyme for memorability. Can exist as individual poems, parts of longer works, or prose sentences
Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) created unique 'Onegin stanza' and wrote in all genres. Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841) wrote romantic poems about Caucasus legends. Nikolai Nekrasov (1821-1877) first raised peasant language and serf issues. Fyodor Tyutchev (1803-1873) translated Heine and wrote patriotic poems
Born in Edinburgh in 1771, Scott suffered from childhood polio. Received private education and studied classics at Edinburgh University. Became a lawyer and served as Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire
Couplet is a pair of rhyming lines with same metre. Can be formal (closed) with end-stopped lines or run-on (open). Term comes from French meaning "two pieces of iron"