what are the saddest poems?
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“Spring and Fall,” written by Gerard Manley Hopkins in September, 1880, and collected in his Poems and Prose, is the saddest poem ever written.
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Pink Floyd's saddest song is Jugband Blues on A Saucerful of Secrets, Syd Barretts last album track with the band he created. He's singing about himself, his mental illness, and his loss of self. The lyric “And I wonder who could be writing this song,” has to be one of the saddest lines in musical history.
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SYNONYMS FOR sad 1 unhappy, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, gloomy, downcast, downhearted, depressed, dejected, melancholy.
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['“No Man is an Island” by John Donne.', '“Sonnet 116” by William Shakespeare.', '“The Road not Taken” by Robert Frost.', '“Invictus” by William Ernest Henley.', '“Death be not Proud” by John Donne.', '“Sonnet” by Edna St. ... ', '“The Man in the Arena: Citizenship in a Republic” by Teddy Roosevelt.']
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['Let them be sad. ... ', "Remind them it isn't personal. ... ", 'Tell them how proud you are of their hard work. ... ', 'Distract them. ... ', 'Get them excited about other options. ... ', 'Remind them that pain will pass.']
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The three main divisions of poetry are narrative, lyric, and dramatic. Examples of each are: Narrative poems may be epics, ballads, metrical romances.
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["“I'm so sorry that you are going through this. ... ", '“Despite all the troubles in the world, I hope you are doing well.” ... ', '“My heart is breaking for you. ... ', '“You are important to me. ... ', '“I recently heard about your loss. ... ', '"Are you okay?”']
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['"I am at a loss for words. ... ', '"Love knows no boundaries. ... ', '"Please know that you\'re in my thoughts and prayers. ... ', '"I was so saddened to hear about _________ passing. ... ', '"My deepest condolences to you during this time. ... ', '"You have my deepest, sincerest sympathy."', '"I am praying for you during your time of loss.']
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One of the most famous types of poetry, the sonnet, has been popular with writers from Dante to Shakespeare. A sonnet contains 14 lines, typically with two rhyming stanzas known as a rhyming couplet at the end. There are several types of sonnets, including: Italian (also known as Petrarchan)
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"Maud Muller" is a poem from 1856 written by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892). ... This poem contains the well-known quotation: "For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: 'It might have been!' "
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Elegy is a form of literature that can be defined as a poem or song in the form of elegiac couplets, written in honor of someone deceased. It typically laments or mourns the death of the individual. ... The forms of elegy we see today were introduced in the 16th century.
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noun, plural el·e·gies. a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead. a poem written in elegiac meter.
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Famous examples of epic poetry include the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh, the ancient Indian Mahabharata and Rāmāyaṇa, the Tamil Silappatikaram, the Persian Shahnameh, the Ancient Greek Odyssey and Iliad, Virgil's Aeneid, the Old English Beowulf, Dante's Divine Comedy, the Finnish Kalevala, the German Nibelungenlied, the ...
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['Clerihew. A Clerihew is a light hearted poem consisting of two couplets and a specific rhyming scheme of AABB. ... ', 'The Epitaph. An epitaph is a brief poem inscribed on a tombstone praising a deceased person, usually with rhyming lines. ... ', 'Irish Limerick. ... ', 'Palindrome. ... ', 'Diamante. ... ', 'Monorhyme.']
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['Goodbye – Adios, adieu, sayonara or cheerio. ... ', 'It Might Have Been – ... ', 'Time For Bed – ... ', 'Lonely – ... ', 'Terminal – ... ', 'Heartbroken – ... ', 'Regrets – ... ', 'Back To School –']
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“Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave,” is a poem written by Thomas Hardy. ... Hardy takes us on a downward spiral through, as The Pattern of Hardy's Poetry puts it, a “series of steps from appearance to reality” (Hynes 53). The dead woman believes that someone she loved is there at her grave.
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"Sonnet 29" is not just a poem about disappointment and despair: it's a poem about the way that love comforts, soothes, and repairs the many injuries that one endures in life. After the poem's bitter opening 8 lines, the speaker reflects on the love he shares with his beloved (traditionally believed to be a young man).