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Helkavirsiä
Helkavirsiä ("Songs of Helka") is a two-part collection of poems by the Finnish poet Eino Leino, written in the Kalevala meter; the series appeared in 1903 and 1916.
Henry IV, Part 2
Henry IV, Part 2 (Second Part of Henrie the Fourth) is Shakespeare's sequel history play to Henry IV, Part 1: rebellion crushed by deceit, King Henry's death, Hal's coronation as Henry V, and Falstaff's repudiation; first printed in quarto in 1600.
Heorot
Heorot ("Hart") is the legendary mead-hall of King Hrothgar in the Old English epic Beowulf, where Grendel terrorizes the Danes and Beowulf fights him; built for gift-giving, fated to burn, and possibly linked to Lejre, Zealand.
Hermann and Dorothea
Hermann and Dorothea (Hermann und Dorothea) is an epic poem in hexameters by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, telling of a German innkeeper's son and a refugee girl.
Herod and Herodias
Herod and Herodias (Herodes a Herodias) is a 1909 verse tragedy by Slovak writer Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav dramatizing the biblical story of Herod, Herodias, and John the Baptist.
Heroides
The Heroides is a collection of twenty-one fictional verse letters by Ovid, in which mythological women such as Penelope, Dido, and Medea write to the men who wronged them.
Herostrates
Herostrates is a 1920 programmatic poem by the Polish poet Jan Lechoń that opens his debut collection Karmazynowy poemat, calling for the destruction of monuments to Poland's national myths.
Herzog Ernst
Herzog Ernst (Duke Ernest) is a Middle High German verse epic, composed around 1180, about a Bavarian duke who rebels against his emperor and adventures in the Orient.
Hesiodic poetry
Hesiodic poetry is the early Greek epic verse attributed to Hesiod, a Boeotian poet of the eighth or early seventh century BCE, including the Theogony and Works and Days.
Het uur U
Het uur U is a 1937 narrative poem by the Dutch poet Martinus Nijhoff about a stranger whose passing stirs panic in a quiet street.
Heungbuga
Heungbuga (흥보가) is one of the five surviving madang of pansori, the Korean sung narrative tradition. It tells of the kind, poor Heungbu and his wealthy, greedy older brother Nolbo.
High Tang poetry
High Tang poetry (Shengtang shi) is the poetry of the High Tang period of the Tang dynasty, conventionally dated 713–765 and renowned as the golden age of Chinese poetry.
High Windows
High Windows is the fourth and final poetry collection Philip Larkin published in his lifetime, released in 1974 with 24 poems including "This Be the Verse" and "Annus Mirabilis."
Hija'
Hija' (الهِجَاء) is a principal genre of classical Arabic poetry, defined as the opposite of praise, in which the poet attacks an enemy with blame and mockery.
Hijos de la ira
Hijos de la ira is a 1944 poetry collection by the Spanish poet Dámaso Alonso, considered his masterwork and the founding book of postwar uprooted poetry.
Hikayat Awang Sulong Merah Muda
Hikayat Awang Sulong Merah Muda is a Malay folk epic about an Orang Laut youth who becomes Sultan of Semarang through marriage to a Javanese princess.
Hikayat Perang Sabil
Hikayat Perang Sabil, also called Hikayat Prang Sabi, is an Acehnese verse text on holy war, recited before battle to strengthen resistance against Dutch colonial rule in the Aceh War.
Hikayat Prang Sabi
Hikayat Prang Sabi, also called Hikayat Prang Kaphe, is an Acehnese heroic epic poem written in Jawi script, best known through the version of Teungku Chiek Pante Kulu.
Hikma poetry
Hikma poetry, also called wisdom poetry (شعر الحكمة), is a classical Arabic genre distilling counsel and moral instruction into verse, later led by Abu al-Atahiyah and al-Ma'arri.
Hildebrandslied
The Hildebrandslied ("Lay of Hildebrand") is an Old High German heroic lay in alliterative verse, recorded at Fulda around 830/40, telling of a combat between Hildebrand and his unrecognized son Hadubrand.
Himfy's Loves
Himfy's Loves (Himfy szerelmei) is a two-part cycle of love poems by the Hungarian poet Sándor Kisfaludy, published in Buda in 1801 and completed in 1807.
Hindi epic poetry
Hindi epic poetry (Hindi mahakavya) is the tradition of long narrative poems in Hindi and its dialects, adapting the Sanskrit mahakavya, with Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas and Prasad's Kamayani among its greatest works.
Hindi literature
Hindi literature (हिन्दी साहित्य): writing in Hindi dialects Brajbhasha, Awadhi, Khari Boli over four periods (Adikal, Bhaktikal, Ritikal, Adhunik), with modern figures like Dwivedi and Premchand and Sahitya Akademi recognition.
Hinilawod
Hinilawod is an epic chant of the Sulod (Panay Bukidnon) people of central Panay in the Philippines, meaning "Tales of the Halawod River," running over 28,000 verses and about three days of continuous recitation.
Historia de la Nueva México
Historia de la Nueva México is a 1610 Spanish epic poem by Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá narrating Juan de Oñate's 1598 expedition into New Mexico.
Hombres necios que acusáis
"Hombres necios que acusáis" is a satirical poem by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, published in 1689, arguing that men cause the female behavior they then condemn.
Homecoming Ode
The Homecoming Ode (Gui qu lai xi ci, 归去来兮辞) is a Chinese lyric composition by Tao Yuanming, written after he resigned as magistrate of Pengze in 405.
Homeric epic
Homeric epic is the ancient Greek epic tradition embodied in the Iliad and the Odyssey, orally composed in dactylic hexameter and setting the standard for Greco-Roman epic.
Homeric Hymn to Apollo
The Homeric Hymn to Apollo (Ὕμνος εἰς Ἀπόλλωνα) is an ancient Greek hexameter poem, among the oldest of the Homeric Hymns, celebrating Apollo's birth on Delos and his oracle at Delphi.
Homeric Hymn to Demeter
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter is an ancient Greek epic poem, probably composed between 650 and 550 BCE, telling how Demeter won Persephone's return from Hades.