Download or read book The Beginnings of Poetry written by Francis Barton Gummere and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book explores the history and initial creation of poetry and rhyming texts. It offers an intimate and detailed explanation of the social and cultural impact of poetry and gives arguments for how poetry itself responds to society. Written by influential scholar, translator and linguist Francis Barton Gummere, this book is a well-written and comprehensive discussion of poetry in its many forms and its relationship to the world.