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Movements : Poetry through the Ages
For many centuries, poetry movements and communities have served as the most provocative, creative, vital, engaging, and oft-underground elements of regional and national literary trends.
http://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/home_movements.html
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Poetry - What is Poetry
Poetry is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content.
http://www.poetry.org/whatis.htm
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History of Poetry
A concise history of poetry. Poetry was employed as a way of remembering oral history, story (epic poetry), genealogy, and law. Poetry is often closely related to musical traditions.
http://www.poetrysoup.com/history_of_poetry/
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A Brief History of Poetry
The origins and history of poetry, from the Epic of Gilgamesh and Shakespeare to Nobel laureates including Rudyard Kipling and William Butler Yeats.
http://blog.bookstellyouwhy.com/a-brief-history-of-poetry
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History of Poetry
Poetry, from the Greek poesis meaning 'making' or 'creating', has a long history. As an art, poetry may out date literacy itself. In prehistoric and ancient societies poetry was used as a way to record cultural events or tell stories. Poetry is among the earliest records of most cultures with poetic fragments found on monoliths, rune stones, and stelae.
http://www.poemofquotes.com/articles/history-of-poetry.php
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http://planetpov.com/2011/03/07/a-brief-history-of-poetry/
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The History of Poetry
Traces the history of poetry from its origins in early agricultural societies where it was spoken or chanted as a spell to promote good harvests through to the end of the twentieth century.
http://hubpages.com/literature/The-History-of-Poetry
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HistoryWorld - Poetry Timeline
Timeline of events linking to related text and images in Google.
http://www.historyworld.net/timesearch/default.asp?conid=static_timeline&timelineid=383&page=1&keywords=Poetry%20timeline
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History of poetry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Poetry as an art form may predate literacy. The earliest poetry is believed to have been recited or sung, employed as a way of remembering oral history, genealogy, and law.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_poetry
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List of Poetry Groups and Movements - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wikipedia's list of poetry groups and movements.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_poetry_groups_and_movements
