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🎼 Lyric Tradition

Explorations of the lyric poem's long lineage, tracing how personal expression, song, and subjective intensity have evolved across centuries of verse.
Why Bob Dylan Matters
by Richard F. Thomas • 2017
A classicist reveals the ancient texts hidden inside Bob Dylan's most famous lyrics.
3.74
1k+
⛓️ Intertextuality🪕 Folk Revival🎧 Music Criticism
Why Bob Dylan Matters Summary
Why Bob Dylan Matters 88%
A classicist reveals the ancient texts hidden inside Bob Dylan's most famous lyrics.
by Richard F. Thomas 2017
3.74
1k+ ratings
⛓️ Intertextuality🪕 Folk Revival🎧 Music Criticism
Writing Better Lyrics
by Pat Pattison • 1995
Seven senses, zero clichés, and the structural secret that makes a chorus land harder each time.
4.22
1k+
🎵 Lyric Writing🖼️ Showing Vs Telling🏗️ Song Structure
Writing Better Lyrics Summary
Writing Better Lyrics 87%
Seven senses, zero clichés, and the structural secret that makes a chorus land harder each time.
by Pat Pattison 1995
4.22
1k+ ratings
🎵 Lyric Writing🖼️ Showing Vs Telling🏗️ Song Structure
Tunesmith
by Jimmy Webb • 1998
Hit songwriter reveals what the craft demands: a broken heart, a thesaurus, and no shortcuts.
4.01
551
🎵 Songwriting Craft💔 Creative Emotion✍️ The Writing Life
Tunesmith Summary
Tunesmith 87%
Hit songwriter reveals what the craft demands: a broken heart, a thesaurus, and no shortcuts.
by Jimmy Webb 1998
4.01
551 ratings
🎵 Songwriting Craft💔 Creative Emotion✍️ The Writing Life
A Poetry Handbook
by Mary Oliver • 1994
The teachable half of poetry: a master poet's craft rules for turning feeling into durable art.
4.23
10k+
🖋️ Writing Poetry🏛️ Poetic Form🌄 The Writing Life
A Poetry Handbook Summary
A Poetry Handbook 86%
The teachable half of poetry: a master poet's craft rules for turning feeling into durable art.
by Mary Oliver 1994
4.23
10k+ ratings
🖋️ Writing Poetry🏛️ Poetic Form🌄 The Writing Life
The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran • 1923
After twelve years of exile, a prophet's ship arrives, and the city gathers for his parting truths.
4.23
332k+
🕊️ Mystical Poetry📜 Prose Poem📖 Wisdom Literature
The Prophet Summary
The Prophet 86%
After twelve years of exile, a prophet's ship arrives, and the city gathers for his parting truths.
by Kahlil Gibran 1923
4.23
332k+ ratings
🕊️ Mystical Poetry📜 Prose Poem📖 Wisdom Literature
The Book of (More) Delights
by Ross Gay • 2023
A year of looking closely: when joy and sorrow share the same sentence.
4.25
3k+
📝 Lyric Essays👀 Practice Of Noticing🙏 Everyday Devotion
The Book of (More) Delights Summary
The Book of (More) Delights 86%
A year of looking closely: when joy and sorrow share the same sentence.
by Ross Gay 2023
4.25
3k+ ratings
📝 Lyric Essays👀 Practice Of Noticing🙏 Everyday Devotion
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky • 2022
When revolution fails him, a poet retreats to the countryside and memory to rebuild his spirit.
4.39
352
🖋️ Romantic Poetry📜 Verse Autobiography⛰️ Sublime Landscapes
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Summary
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 86%
When revolution fails him, a poet retreats to the countryside and memory to rebuild his spirit.
by Stephen Chbosky 2022
4.39
352 ratings
🖋️ Romantic Poetry📜 Verse Autobiography⛰️ Sublime Landscapes
Poesía completa
by Idea Vilariño • 2008
No consolations: a complete poetry that strips life to sorrow, solitude, and the certainty of death.
4.57
3k+
🌎 Latin American Poetry📜 Spanish-Language Verse💭 Existential Poetry
Poesía completa Summary
Poesía completa 86%
No consolations: a complete poetry that strips life to sorrow, solitude, and the certainty of death.
by Idea Vilariño 2008
4.57
3k+ ratings
🌎 Latin American Poetry📜 Spanish-Language Verse💭 Existential Poetry
The Poetry of Robert Frost
by Robert Frost • 1969
The collected poems where New England woods and stone walls map every human decision.
4.24
49k+
🐑 Pastoral Poetry🇺🇸 American Poetry🍁 Nature And Mortality
The Poetry of Robert Frost Summary
The Poetry of Robert Frost 86%
The collected poems where New England woods and stone walls map every human decision.
by Robert Frost 1969
4.24
49k+ ratings
🐑 Pastoral Poetry🇺🇸 American Poetry🍁 Nature And Mortality
The Poet's Guide to Life
by Rainer Maria Rilke • 2005
Rilke's letters become a field guide: how to turn solitude and loss into a deeper life.
4.12
368
📜 Wisdom Literature✉️ Letter Collections🧘 Solitude
The Poet's Guide to Life Summary
The Poet's Guide to Life 86%
Rilke's letters become a field guide: how to turn solitude and loss into a deeper life.
by Rainer Maria Rilke 2005
4.12
368 ratings
📜 Wisdom Literature✉️ Letter Collections🧘 Solitude
The Triggering Town
by Richard Hugo • 1978
Poems don't record feelings; they discover them. Abandon the facts and follow the sound.
4.17
3k+
✍️ Poetry Craft🏫 Teaching Poetry🎶 Sound And Rhythm
The Triggering Town Summary
The Triggering Town 86%
Poems don't record feelings; they discover them. Abandon the facts and follow the sound.
by Richard Hugo 1978
4.17
3k+ ratings
✍️ Poetry Craft🏫 Teaching Poetry🎶 Sound And Rhythm
The Anatomy of Influence
by Harold Bloom • 2011
Literary influence is love with its guard up, and Shakespeare is still winning.
3.93
477
📝 Literary Criticism📜 Poetry Studies🏛️ The Western Canon
The Anatomy of Influence Summary
The Anatomy of Influence 85%
Literary influence is love with its guard up, and Shakespeare is still winning.
by Harold Bloom 2011
3.93
477 ratings
📝 Literary Criticism📜 Poetry Studies🏛️ The Western Canon
A Ghost in the Throat
by Doireann Ní Ghríofa • 2020
A poet-mother's obsession with an Irish widow's lament rewrites her life in echoes.
4.00
11k+
🖋️ Poetic Memoir🔥 Female Obsession📚 Archival Research
A Ghost in the Throat Summary
A Ghost in the Throat 85%
A poet-mother's obsession with an Irish widow's lament rewrites her life in echoes.
by Doireann Ní Ghríofa 2020
4.00
11k+ ratings
🖋️ Poetic Memoir🔥 Female Obsession📚 Archival Research
The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint
by William Shakespeare • 1609
154 sonnets where beauty fades, a mistress lies, and the poet bets verse defeats the grave.
4.18
3k+
🧱 Sonnet Sequences👑 Elizabethan Poetry🎨 Immortality Through Art
The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint Summary
The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint 85%
154 sonnets where beauty fades, a mistress lies, and the poet bets verse defeats the grave.
by William Shakespeare 1609
4.18
3k+ ratings
🧱 Sonnet Sequences👑 Elizabethan Poetry🎨 Immortality Through Art
How to Write a Song that Matters
by Dar Williams • 2022
Poetic attention, a guiding tone, ruthless editing: turn a spark into a song strangers need.
4.15
163
🎸 Songwriting Craft🌱 Creative Process💡 Finding Inspiration
How to Write a Song that Matters Summary
How to Write a Song that Matters 85%
Poetic attention, a guiding tone, ruthless editing: turn a spark into a song strangers need.
by Dar Williams 2022
4.15
163 ratings
🎸 Songwriting Craft🌱 Creative Process💡 Finding Inspiration
The Iliad / The Odyssey
by Homer
We know nothing of Homer. So his epics became a mirror every civilization fills with itself.
4.07
84k+
🏛️ Classical Reception📚 Western Canon🌐 Translation Studies
The Iliad / The Odyssey Summary
The Iliad / The Odyssey 85%
We know nothing of Homer. So his epics became a mirror every civilization fills with itself.
by Homer
4.07
84k+ ratings
🏛️ Classical Reception📚 Western Canon🌐 Translation Studies
Tirant lo Blanc
by Joanot Martorell • 1490
A dying empire pins its hopes on one knight. The emperor's daughter pins his heart.
3.00
4k+
🏰 Chivalric Romance🎭 Courtly Intrigue💔 Tragic Romance
Tirant lo Blanc Summary
Tirant lo Blanc 85%
A dying empire pins its hopes on one knight. The emperor's daughter pins his heart.
by Joanot Martorell 1490
3.00
4k+ ratings
🏰 Chivalric Romance🎭 Courtly Intrigue💔 Tragic Romance
Letters To A Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke • 1929
A young officer asked Rilke for writing advice. The poet replied: stop asking. Go inside.
4.27
125k+
🎓 Creative Mentorship🏔️ Solitude And Creativity🌫️ Embracing Uncertainty
Letters To A Young Poet Summary
Letters To A Young Poet 85%
A young officer asked Rilke for writing advice. The poet replied: stop asking. Go inside.
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1929
4.27
125k+ ratings
🎓 Creative Mentorship🏔️ Solitude And Creativity🌫️ Embracing Uncertainty
The Ode Less Travelled
by Stephen Fry • 2005
Metre and rhyme are muscles: here is the exercise regimen that makes formal verse feel natural.
4.06
4k+
🏗️ Poetic Form🫀 Meter And Rhyme✍️ Writing Exercises
The Ode Less Travelled Summary
The Ode Less Travelled 85%
Metre and rhyme are muscles: here is the exercise regimen that makes formal verse feel natural.
by Stephen Fry 2005
4.06
4k+ ratings
🏗️ Poetic Form🫀 Meter And Rhyme✍️ Writing Exercises
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
by Pablo Neruda • 1951
How love, exile, and revolution forged a Nobel laureate whose poetry still crosses every border.
4.43
21k+
📖 Literary Criticism🌎 Latin American Poetry🏆 Nobel Laureates
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda Summary
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda 85%
How love, exile, and revolution forged a Nobel laureate whose poetry still crosses every border.
by Pablo Neruda 1951
4.43
21k+ ratings
📖 Literary Criticism🌎 Latin American Poetry🏆 Nobel Laureates
Tutte le poesie
by Eugenio Montale • 1984
A Nobel poet's map of the world: lemon trees, cuttlefish bones, and a single flawed link.
4.63
750
🎭 Italian Poetry🎭 Modernist Poetry🎭 Existential Despair
Tutte le poesie Summary
Tutte le poesie 85%
A Nobel poet's map of the world: lemon trees, cuttlefish bones, and a single flawed link.
by Eugenio Montale 1984
4.63
750 ratings
🎭 Italian Poetry🎭 Modernist Poetry🎭 Existential Despair
The Art of the Poetic Line
by James Longenbach • 2007
The 'line break' is a misnomer. A poet-critic reveals what actually happens where lines end.
4.03
694
🛠️ Poetic Craft🎵 Prosody🔍 Close Reading
The Art of the Poetic Line Summary
The Art of the Poetic Line 85%
The 'line break' is a misnomer. A poet-critic reveals what actually happens where lines end.
by James Longenbach 2007
4.03
694 ratings
🛠️ Poetic Craft🎵 Prosody🔍 Close Reading
Zoli
by Colum McCann • 2006
Symbol to the state, outcast to her people, a Roma poet walks into exile.
3.70
4k+
🏕️ Roma Culture✍️ Poet Protagonist🔴 Communist Era Europe
Zoli Summary
Zoli 85%
Symbol to the state, outcast to her people, a Roma poet walks into exile.
by Colum McCann 2006
3.70
4k+ ratings
🏕️ Roma Culture✍️ Poet Protagonist🔴 Communist Era Europe
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
by Omar Khayyám • 1120
Facing the certainty of death, a Persian poet prescribes wine, love, and acceptance of the moment.
4.17
23k+
🍷 Carpe Diem📜 Persian Poetry💀 Memento Mori
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám Summary
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 85%
Facing the certainty of death, a Persian poet prescribes wine, love, and acceptance of the moment.
by Omar Khayyám 1120
4.17
23k+ ratings
🍷 Carpe Diem📜 Persian Poetry💀 Memento Mori
Poesía completa
by Alejandra Pizarnik • 2000
Poetry cannot close the wound it names. The truest self only breathes after dark.
4.55
11k+
📝 Confessional Poetry🌎 Latin American Poetry🌀 Surrealism
Poesía completa Summary
Poesía completa 85%
Poetry cannot close the wound it names. The truest self only breathes after dark.
by Alejandra Pizarnik 2000
4.55
11k+ ratings
📝 Confessional Poetry🌎 Latin American Poetry🌀 Surrealism
Benedictus
by John O'Donohue • 2007
How the lost art of blessing turns ordinary moments and grief into thresholds of meaning.
4.63
355
🍀 Celtic Spirituality✨ Sacred Poetry🧘 Contemplative Practice
Benedictus Summary
Benedictus 85%
How the lost art of blessing turns ordinary moments and grief into thresholds of meaning.
by John O'Donohue 2007
4.63
355 ratings
🍀 Celtic Spirituality✨ Sacred Poetry🧘 Contemplative Practice
Tristan and Isolde
by Gottfried von Strassburg • 1988
A knight wins his uncle a bride, then loses his heart on the voyage home.
3.63
1k+
🏰 Courtly Romance📜 Medieval Verse💔 Forbidden Love
Tristan and Isolde Summary
Tristan and Isolde 85%
A knight wins his uncle a bride, then loses his heart on the voyage home.
by Gottfried von Strassburg 1988
3.63
1k+ ratings
🏰 Courtly Romance📜 Medieval Verse💔 Forbidden Love
The Aeneid
by Virgil
Destined to found Rome, a Trojan exile braves divine wrath, tragic love, and war.
3.88
145k+
🏛️ Epic Poetry🏙️ Foundation Myth😔 Reluctant Hero
The Aeneid Summary
The Aeneid 85%
Destined to found Rome, a Trojan exile braves divine wrath, tragic love, and war.
by Virgil
3.88
145k+ ratings
🏛️ Epic Poetry🏙️ Foundation Myth😔 Reluctant Hero
When Women Were Birds
by Terry Tempest Williams • 2012
Her mother's journals arrived after her death: every page blank. The silence became the gift.
4.21
10k+
📖 Lyric Essay🗣️ Finding Voice🤫 Women'S Silence
When Women Were Birds Summary
When Women Were Birds 85%
Her mother's journals arrived after her death: every page blank. The silence became the gift.
by Terry Tempest Williams 2012
4.21
10k+ ratings
📖 Lyric Essay🗣️ Finding Voice🤫 Women'S Silence
Letters on Cézanne
by Rainer Maria Rilke • 1907
One poet's letters on Cézanne: how seeing becomes the artist's hardest and most honest work.
4.16
957
🖌️ Post-Impressionism🎨 Art Theory🌌 Creative Process
Letters on Cézanne Summary
Letters on Cézanne 85%
One poet's letters on Cézanne: how seeing becomes the artist's hardest and most honest work.
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1907
4.16
957 ratings
🖌️ Post-Impressionism🎨 Art Theory🌌 Creative Process
Poetics
by Aristotle
Plot is everything. Character is secondary. The ancient blueprint for a tragedy that devastates.
3.83
30k+
🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy📖 Literary Theory🎭 Dramatic Structure
Poetics Summary
Poetics 85%
Plot is everything. Character is secondary. The ancient blueprint for a tragedy that devastates.
by Aristotle
3.83
30k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy📖 Literary Theory🎭 Dramatic Structure
Scatterlings
by Martin Shaw • 2019
Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.
4.63
106
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Folklore🗣️ Oral Tradition🌿 Animism
Scatterlings Summary
Scatterlings 85%
Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.
by Martin Shaw 2019
4.63
106 ratings
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Folklore🗣️ Oral Tradition🌿 Animism
El amor, las mujeres y la vida
by Mario Benedetti • 1995
Love as daily resistance to death: a poet's half-century of intimacy, absence, and stubborn hope.
4.21
6k+
🗺️ Latin American Poetry💝 Love Poetry🏠 Everyday Intimacy
El amor, las mujeres y la vida Summary
El amor, las mujeres y la vida 85%
Love as daily resistance to death: a poet's half-century of intimacy, absence, and stubborn hope.
by Mario Benedetti 1995
4.21
6k+ ratings
🗺️ Latin American Poetry💝 Love Poetry🏠 Everyday Intimacy
The Kalevala
by Elias Lönnrot • 1835
From a seabird's egg, the world is sung. An ancient sage reclaims the stolen sun.
4.05
6k+
📜 National Epic🌌 Creation Myth🎶 Power Of Song
The Kalevala Summary
The Kalevala 85%
From a seabird's egg, the world is sung. An ancient sage reclaims the stolen sun.
by Elias Lönnrot 1835
4.05
6k+ ratings
📜 National Epic🌌 Creation Myth🎶 Power Of Song
you left me on read
by akhira • 2023
When the reply never arrives, the answer is the one you give yourself.
3.73
1k+
💌 Modern Love📝 Instapoetry💔 Unrequited Love
you left me on read Summary
you left me on read 85%
When the reply never arrives, the answer is the one you give yourself.
by akhira 2023
3.73
1k+ ratings
💌 Modern Love📝 Instapoetry💔 Unrequited Love
Walt Whitman
by Justin Kaplan • 1980
A failed journalist shattered poetry's rules, then spent the Civil War comforting dying soldiers.
3.94
326
📚 Literary Biography📜 American Poetry🎩 19th Century America
Walt Whitman Summary
Walt Whitman 85%
A failed journalist shattered poetry's rules, then spent the Civil War comforting dying soldiers.
by Justin Kaplan 1980
3.94
326 ratings
📚 Literary Biography📜 American Poetry🎩 19th Century America
Eternal Echoes
by John O'Donohue • 1998
Celtic wisdom reframes longing as the soul pulling you toward belonging, not a void to escape.
4.42
1k+
🍀 Celtic Wisdom📖 Spiritual Essays🕯️ Soul Work
Eternal Echoes Summary
Eternal Echoes 85%
Celtic wisdom reframes longing as the soul pulling you toward belonging, not a void to escape.
by John O'Donohue 1998
4.42
1k+ ratings
🍀 Celtic Wisdom📖 Spiritual Essays🕯️ Soul Work
Why Poetry
by Matthew Zapruder • 2017
The case for reading poems exactly as they are: literally, without hunting for hidden meanings.
4.16
1k+
🎭 Poetry Appreciation🔨 Poetic Craft📚 Literary Theory
Why Poetry Summary
Why Poetry 85%
The case for reading poems exactly as they are: literally, without hunting for hidden meanings.
by Matthew Zapruder 2017
4.16
1k+ ratings
🎭 Poetry Appreciation🔨 Poetic Craft📚 Literary Theory
The Sun and Her Flowers
by Rupi Kaur • 2018
Your body is sacred. Death is not the end. A blade of grass equals the stars.
4.08
382k+
📜 American Poetry✍️ Free Verse🌿 Transcendentalism
The Sun and Her Flowers Summary
The Sun and Her Flowers 85%
Your body is sacred. Death is not the end. A blade of grass equals the stars.
by Rupi Kaur 2018
4.08
382k+ ratings
📜 American Poetry✍️ Free Verse🌿 Transcendentalism
Mastering Melody Writing
by Clay Mills • 2021
A three-note cell begins most hooks; a repeatable system turns it into whole songs.
4.42
69
🎵 Songwriting Craft🎸 Nashville Songwriting🎣 Hook Mechanics
Mastering Melody Writing Summary
Mastering Melody Writing 85%
A three-note cell begins most hooks; a repeatable system turns it into whole songs.
by Clay Mills 2021
4.42
69 ratings
🎵 Songwriting Craft🎸 Nashville Songwriting🎣 Hook Mechanics
Pan Tadeusz
by Adam Mickiewicz • 1834
Tadeusz returns from university to a Lithuanian manor gripped by a blood feud and Napoleon's war.
3.01
20k+
🏛️ Verse Epic📜 National Epic⚔️ Family Feud
Pan Tadeusz Summary
Pan Tadeusz 85%
Tadeusz returns from university to a Lithuanian manor gripped by a blood feud and Napoleon's war.
by Adam Mickiewicz 1834
3.01
20k+ ratings
🏛️ Verse Epic📜 National Epic⚔️ Family Feud
Mariner
by Malcolm Guite • 2017
Coleridge's Ancient Mariner foretold his own descent into opium and his hard-won return.
4.59
145
🎭 Romantic Poetry📖 Literary Biography💊 Addiction And Recovery
Mariner Summary
Mariner 85%
Coleridge's Ancient Mariner foretold his own descent into opium and his hard-won return.
by Malcolm Guite 2017
4.59
145 ratings
🎭 Romantic Poetry📖 Literary Biography💊 Addiction And Recovery
Borges on Writing
by Jorge Luis Borges • 1973
Plausibility trumps truth, short stories hinge on a situation, and great poems arrive unbidden.
4.07
1k+
📝 Literary Craft🎻 Poetry Craft🌐 Translation Studies
Borges on Writing Summary
Borges on Writing 84%
Plausibility trumps truth, short stories hinge on a situation, and great poems arrive unbidden.
by Jorge Luis Borges 1973
4.07
1k+ ratings
📝 Literary Craft🎻 Poetry Craft🌐 Translation Studies
How to Write One Song
by Jeff Tweedy • 2020
One song, no talent required. The daily practice and word games that get it done.
4.22
7k+
🎸 Songwriting Craft🎨 Creative Process✍️ Lyric Writing
How to Write One Song Summary
How to Write One Song 84%
One song, no talent required. The daily practice and word games that get it done.
by Jeff Tweedy 2020
4.22
7k+ ratings
🎸 Songwriting Craft🎨 Creative Process✍️ Lyric Writing
Shahnameh
by Abolqasem Ferdowsi • 1010
A legendary warrior fights an unknown challenger; neither knows the other is his only son.
4.52
6k+
🦁 Persian Mythology📜 Epic Poetry🏛️ Iranian History
Shahnameh Summary
Shahnameh 84%
A legendary warrior fights an unknown challenger; neither knows the other is his only son.
by Abolqasem Ferdowsi 1010
4.52
6k+ ratings
🦁 Persian Mythology📜 Epic Poetry🏛️ Iranian History
Faith, Hope and Poetry
by Malcolm Guite • 2010
Imagination was exiled from knowledge centuries ago. Poetry kept the evidence across eight poets.
4.64
121
📖 Theology And Poetry🧠 Poetic Knowledge👁 Sacramental Vision
Faith, Hope and Poetry Summary
Faith, Hope and Poetry 84%
Imagination was exiled from knowledge centuries ago. Poetry kept the evidence across eight poets.
by Malcolm Guite 2010
4.64
121 ratings
📖 Theology And Poetry🧠 Poetic Knowledge👁 Sacramental Vision
The Fruits of the Earth
by André Gide • 1897
A mentor urges his disciple to shed every belief and taste the world raw.
3.68
4k+
🖋️ Prose Poetry🎭 French Symbolism🧙 Mentor And Disciple
The Fruits of the Earth Summary
The Fruits of the Earth 84%
A mentor urges his disciple to shed every belief and taste the world raw.
by André Gide 1897
3.68
4k+ ratings
🖋️ Prose Poetry🎭 French Symbolism🧙 Mentor And Disciple
Word in the Wilderness
by Malcolm Guite • 2014
A poem a day for Lent: let language restore what routine has worn thin.
4.51
39
🕯️ Lenten Readings📖 Poetry Devotionals🧘 Contemplative Prayer
Word in the Wilderness Summary
Word in the Wilderness 84%
A poem a day for Lent: let language restore what routine has worn thin.
by Malcolm Guite 2014
4.51
39 ratings
🕯️ Lenten Readings📖 Poetry Devotionals🧘 Contemplative Prayer
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
by Burton Raffel • 1375
Sir Gawain beheads a green knight who rides away holding his head. One year later, the axe returns.
3.76
79k+
🏰 Arthurian Legend⚔️ Medieval Romance🛡️ Chivalric Quest
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Summary
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 84%
Sir Gawain beheads a green knight who rides away holding his head. One year later, the axe returns.
by Burton Raffel 1375
3.76
79k+ ratings
🏰 Arthurian Legend⚔️ Medieval Romance🛡️ Chivalric Quest
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
by Sylvia Plath • 2000
Her uncensored journals: the ambition, the marriage, the breakdown, and the art she fought to make.
4.28
27k+
🎭 Confessional Poetry📓 Writer'S Journals🤯 Women And Madness
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Summary
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 84%
Her uncensored journals: the ambition, the marriage, the breakdown, and the art she fought to make.
by Sylvia Plath 2000
4.28
27k+ ratings
🎭 Confessional Poetry📓 Writer'S Journals🤯 Women And Madness
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