bardic poetry

Bardic poetry — refers to the writings of poets trained in the Bardic Schools of Ireland and the Gaelic parts of Scotland, as they existed down to about the middle of the 17th century, or, in Scotland, the early 18th century. Most of the texts preserved are in… …   Wikipedia

bardic — adjective being a bard or relating to a bard s poetry bardic poetry • Pertains to noun: ↑bard …   Useful english dictionary

Bardic — Bard ic, a. Of or pertaining to bards, or their poetry. The bardic lays of ancient Greece. G. P. Marsh. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Bardic name — A bardic name is a pseudonym, used in Wales, Cornwall and Brittany, by poets and other artists, especially those involved in the eisteddfod movement.The Welsh term bardd ( poet , from which derives the English word bard ) originally referred to… …   Wikipedia

Irish poetry — The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work… …   Wikipedia

Meter (poetry) — In poetry, meter (metre in British English) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse meter, or a certain set of meters alternating in a particular order. The study of… …   Wikipedia

MacMhuirich bardic family — The MacMhuirich bardic family, known in Scottish Gaelic as Clann MacMhuirich[1] and Clann Mhuirich,[2] was a prominent family of bards and other professionals in 15th to 18th centuries. The family was centred in the Hebrides, and claimed descent… …   Wikipedia

New American Poetry, 1945-1960, The —    Donald Allen, ed. (1960)    This landmark anthology, edited by Donald M(erriam) Allen (1912–2004), introduced Beat poets and other avant garde post–World War II poets to a wide reading audience on its publication by Grove Press in 1960. It… …   Encyclopedia of Beat Literature

Medieval poetry — Because most of what we have was written down by clerics, much of extant medieval poetry is religious. The chief exception is the work of the troubadours and the minnesänger, whose primary innovation was the ideal of courtly love. Among the most… …   Wikipedia

Welsh poetry — may refer to poetry in the Welsh language, Anglo Welsh poetry, or other poetry written in Wales or by Welsh poets.History Main Article: Medieval Welsh literature Wales has one of the earliest literary traditions in Northern Europe, stretching… …   Wikipedia

Celtic literature — Introduction       the body of writings composed in Gaelic and the languages derived from it, Scottish Gaelic and Manx, and in Welsh and its sister languages, Breton and Cornish. For writings in English by Irish, Scottish, and Welsh authors, see… …   Universalium