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Qing Shihua
Qing Shihua (清詩話, "Qing poetry talks") is a 1916 anthology of 43 Qing-dynasty shihua works of poetic criticism, compiled by scholar Ding Fubao and a standard source for Qing poetics.
Qing Yu An: Lantern Festival
Qing Yu An: Lantern Festival is a ci poem by Southern Song poet Xin Qiji describing the Lantern Festival night in Lin'an, famous for its closing lines.
Qiu Jin ji
Qiu Jin ji is the standard modern compilation of the poetry, ci lyrics, prose, and letters of Qiu Jin (1875–1907), the Chinese revolutionary and poet known as the "Woman Knight of Jianhu."
Qua Đèo Ngang
"Qua Đèo Ngang" is a Nôm poem by Bà Huyện Thanh Quan describing Đèo Ngang pass at dusk and her loneliness and homesickness while traveling to Huế.
Quadrilha
Quadrilha is a short 1930 poem by the Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, from his debut collection Alguma Poesia, tracing unrequited loves among six characters.
Quan Song Ci
Quan Song Ci (全宋詞, "Complete Song Ci") is the anthology of Song dynasty ci poetry compiled by Tang Guizhang, first published in 1940 and revised in 1965.
Quan Tangshi
Quan Tangshi (全唐詩, Complete Tang Poems), also called Yuding Quan Tangshi, is the standard collection of Tang poetry, compiled by imperial order of the Kangxi Emperor in 1705–1707.
Quê hương
Quê hương ("Homeland") is a 1939 poem by Vietnamese poet Tế Hanh, written at 18, depicting his fishing village on the Trà Bồng River and a young man's longing for home.
Quiet Night Thoughts
Quiet Night Thoughts (静夜思, Jìng Yè Sī) is a short poem by the Tang dynasty poet Li Bai, in which moonlight beside a bed is mistaken for frost.
Quốc âm thi tập
Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集, "Collection of poems in the national sound") is the earliest surviving collection of Vietnamese-language poetry, 254 chữ Nôm poems attributed to the 15th-century statesman Nguyễn Trãi.
Radhika Santwanam
Radhika Santwanam (రాధికా సాంత్వనము; "Appeasing Radhika"), also titled Ila Deviyamu, is an 18th-century Telugu erotic narrative poem by the courtesan-poet Muddupalani of Thanjavur, telling of Radha's jealousy and reconciliation after Krishna marries Ila.
Raghavapandaviya
The Rāghavapāṇḍavīya (राघवपाण्डवीयम्) is a Sanskrit epic poem by the court poet Kavirāja, composed about 1175, whose every verse carries two meanings, one from the Rāmāyaṇa and one from the Mahābhārata.
Raghavapandaviyamu
Raghavapandaviyamu (రాఘవపాండవీయము) is a sixteenth-century Telugu dvyarthi kavya by Pingali Surana, the earliest available shlesha kavya in Telugu, whose every verse tells both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
Raghavayadaviya
The Raghavayadaviya (राघवयादवीयम्) is a 17th-century Sanskrit poem by Venkatadhvarin of Kanchipuram, whose same thirty stanzas celebrate Rama when read forward and Krishna when read in reverse.
Ragnarsdrápa
Ragnarsdrápa is a 9th-century skaldic shield poem attributed to Norwegian poet Bragi Boddason, describing mythological scenes on a shield given by Ragnar and preserved in Snorri's Edda.
Railroad
"Railroad" (Russian: «Железная дорога», "The Railway") is a poem by Nikolai Nekrasov, written in 1864, on the human cost of building the Nikolaevskaya railway between Saint Petersburg and Moscow.
Rain Alley
Rain Alley (雨巷) is a 1927 poem by the Chinese poet Dai Wangshu, whose musical style made his reputation and earned him the nickname "rain alley poet".
Rajatarangini
Rajatarangini (River of Kings), Sanskrit chronicle of Kashmir's kings by Kalhana, c. 1148–1150 CE; eight tarangas, about 7,826 verses; continued by Jonaraja and others; edited by Stein in 1892.
Raka
Raka is a 1941 epic poem by the South African poet N. P. van Wyk Louw, generally considered the best-known epic poem in Afrikaans and his most read work.
Ram bhakti poetry
Ram bhakti poetry (रामभक्ति काव्य) is medieval North Indian devotional verse devoted to Rama, composed chiefly in Hindi dialects, whose greatest exponent was Tulsidas, author of the Ramcharitmanas.
Ram ki Shakti Puja
Ram ki Shakti Puja (राम की शक्ति-पूजा) is a 1936 long Hindi poem by Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', retelling Rama's worship of the goddess Shakti before his victory over Ravana.
Ramacharitam
Ramacharitam (രാമചരിതം), also called Irāmacaritam, is an epic poem generally regarded as the earliest extant literary work in Malayalam, retelling the Yuddha Kanda of Valmiki's Ramayana.
Ramadhanya Charite
Ramadhanya Charite (ರಾಮಧಾನ್ಯ ಚರಿತೆ, "The Story of Rama's Grains") is a 16th-century Kannada allegorical kavya by the poet-saint Kanakadasa, in which nine grains quarrel and ragi is vindicated over rice.
Ramakathappattu
Ramakathappattu (രാമകഥപ്പാട്ട്) is a classical Malayalam narrative poem by Ayyippilla Asan of Avaduthura, near Kovalam, that retells the Ramayana and is counted among the major early Malayalam Ramayana texts.
Ramakien (รามเกียรติ์)
Ramakien (รามเกียรติ์, Ramakian) is Thailand's national epic, a Thai retelling of the Ramayana compiled under King Rama I and completed in 1798 in 116 volumes, performed in khon and painted at Wat Phra Kaew.
Ramanan
Ramanan (രമണൻ) is a Malayalam pastoral elegy in verse drama form, written by Changampuzha Krishna Pillai and published in 1936 as a memorial to the poet Edappally Raghavan Pillai.
Ramavijay
Ramavijay (रामविजय, "Rama's victory") is a Marathi verse retelling of the Ramayana by the saint-poet Shridhar, still recited aloud in annual week-long village gatherings across Maharashtra.
Ramayana
The Ramayana (रामायण), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, is an ancient Sanskrit epic attributed to Valmiki that tells how Prince Rama rescued his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana.
Ramchandrika
Ramchandrika (रामचन्द्रिका, also written Ramachandrika) is a Brajbhasha court epic on the Ramayana by the poet Keshavdas of Orchha, composed in Samvat 1657 (1601 CE).
Ramcharitmanas (रामचरितमानस)
Ramcharitmanas (रामचरितमानस), also called the Manas, is Tulsidas's sixteenth-century Awadhi epic retelling the Ramayana devotionally in seven kands; it differs from Valmiki by presenting Rama as Vishnu's avatar and anchors Ramlila and North Indian bhakti.