For instance, why do heart, beard, and heard all sound ... So shall I! Oh hear my prayer. Although the first version of the poem had 146 lines, The English Spelling Society published an extended ...

Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard”. Edward Lear was an artist as well as a poet, and he also illustrated his own poems. Haiku is another popular ...

The poem, 'Address to the Toothache' was first published in the Belfast Newsletter on 11 September 1797. An example of Burns's skill when writing in Scots, Burns exploits the often harsh ...