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Interview: Simon Ager of Omniglot.com

Terri Pinyerd — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 03:00:00 +0000

If you’ve ever found yourself curious about a particular language or writing system, chances are you’ve stumbled across Omniglot.com. Founded in 1998 by linguist and polyglot Simon Ager, Omniglot is an indispensable repository of knowledge filled to the brim with information on languages, writing systems, constructed scripts, fun language tidbits, puzzles, quizzes, and links to…

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Haiku: Poetic Form Guide

Ariel K. Moniz — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 04:50:03 +0000

This post is part of the Poetic Forms series. The haiku is a well-known Japanese form of poetry. Haiku differ slightly between their origin in Japan and the Western world. While in Japan they are commonly written straight across in one line, in the West (and particularly when written in English,) a haiku commonly consists…

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The Pantoum: Poetic Forms Guide

Ariel K. Moniz — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 00:31:26 +0000

The Pantoum is a poetry form that relies heavily on repitition and the use of quatrains, which are stanzas comprised of four lines. This form allows for a poem of any length, often with the first line and the last line of the poem being the same. Each quatrain follows a pattern in which the…

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Sestinas: Poetic Forms Guide

Ariel K. Moniz — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 03:00:00 +0000

This post is part of the Poetic Forms series. The Sestina is a French verse poetry form, traditionally consisting of six stanzas of six lines each, concluded with a three-line envoi, otherwise known as a tornada. An envoi is generally referred to as a short stanza that in some form reflects, comments upon, or otherwise…

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The Poetic Forms Series

Ariel K. Moniz — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 22:44:56 +0000

We’re excited to announce a new series here at The Hyacinth Review highlighting various poetic forms! Each post in the series will focus on a specific form, its history, construction, and a few of our favorite examples. We hope that this will serve to inspire and motivate those of you who love poetry as much…

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Villanelles: Poetic Form Guide

Ariel K. Moniz — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 22:44:08 +0000

This post is part of the Poetic Forms series. The villanelle as it is commonly used today is derived from the French form, though the American terzanelle exists as a form of villanelle that is written in terza rima (an accentual-syllabic Italian stanza form). The French villanelle has been popular among many poets, and has…

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An Oscar Wilde Reading List

Terri Pinyerd — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 23:54:34 +0000

Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet, playwright, novelist, and one of the leading figures of the Aesthetic movement of the late 19th century. During his lifetime, he published a variety of poetry, children’s fiction, criticisms, plays, reviews, lectures, and a single novel – The Picture…

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