Matthew Arnold’s poems often reflect our search for meaning in life. Arnold’s best buddy at Rugby School and later at Oxford ...

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Rose English, Quadrille (Rose and Dancers Entering), 1975/2012, C-type print, 50.8 × 76.2 cm A year later, English staged her best-known work, Quadrille (1975) – a video in which she further attacks ...

As The Poke points out, a poem written in 1920 perfectly encapsulates the baffling nature of English. In fact, it's so tricky ...

I don't know." Ask a Persian? "Why no, my friend! I hate poetry! It's so antiquated!" "Oh. Do you know any good poems?" "Yes, ...

See how one homesick scholar put together a massive compendium of verse by former emperors, modern-day activists, soldiers, sages and Nobel winners.