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Messiah's Kingdom
Messiah's Kingdom is a long poem by Agnes Bulmer Agnes Bulmer (31 August 1775 – 20 August 1836) was an English poet. She is believed to have written the longest epic poem ever written by a woman. The piece, '' Messiah's Kingdom'', took over nine years to complete. Biography Early life Agne .... It was published in 1833. It is regarded as the longest poem written by a woman. It consists of some 14,000 lines grouped in twelve books. The poem is written in heroic couplet but the introduction is made up of four 13-line stanzas like this one: :Of Him, high raised on Heaven's stupendous throne, :Beneath whose feet the sapphire pavement glows; :O'er whose intensest splendours, dread, unknown, :The beaming bow its milder radiance throws; :Around whose state, in bright attendance, close :The full-toned choir of harping cherubim. :Seraphs, whose robes empyreal lights compose, :And angels, breathing soft the' adoring hymn:— :Of Him, Eternal, Infinite, Supreme, :Fain would a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes Bulmer
Agnes Bulmer (31 August 1775 – 20 August 1836) was an English poet. She is believed to have written the longest epic poem ever written by a woman. The piece, ''Messiah's Kingdom'', took over nine years to complete. Biography Early life Agnes Collinson was born on 31 August 1775 in London, England. Her parents were Edward and Elizabeth Collinson. Bulmer had two other sisters and she was the youngest. The family lived on Lombard Street in London. Bulmer's parents were Methodists, and were friends with John Wesley. Bulmer was baptized by Wesley and she was admitted to his school, in December 1789. She attended the City Road Chapel, and remained a member of the society until her death. She was also a devout patron of the Church of England. The family was defined as middle class, and Bulmer's education provided her access to literature, which she enjoyed very much. By the age of twelve she had read Edward Young's ''Night-Thoughts''. It was a major influence on her own style. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heroic Couplet
A heroic couplet is a traditional form for English poetry, commonly used in epic and narrative poetry, and consisting of a rhyming pair of lines in iambic pentameter. Use of the heroic couplet was pioneered by Geoffrey Chaucer in the ''Legend of Good Women'' and the ''Canterbury Tales'',Hobsbaum, Philip. ''Metre, Rhythm and Verse Form''. Routledge (1996) p.23 and generally considered to have been perfected by John Dryden and Alexander Pope in the Restoration Age and early 18th century respectively. Example A frequently-cited example illustrating the use of heroic couplets is this passage from ''Cooper's Hill'' by John Denham, part of his description of the Thames: History The term "heroic couplet" is sometimes reserved for couplets that are largely ''closed'' and self-contained, as opposed to the enjambed couplets of poets like John Donne. The heroic couplet is often identified with the English Baroque works of John Dryden and Alexander Pope, who used the form for their tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |