What is the shortest poem you can write?

Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes
“Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes”, also known simply as “Fleas”, is a couplet commonly cited as the shortest poem ever written, composed by American poet Strickland Gillilan in the early 20th century.

What does world’s shortest poem mean?

It’s called the world’s shortest poem by the Guinness Book of Records. It’s “a closeup of an alphabet being born” – Bob Grumman. Maybe it’s a cell in the process of dividing, ‘m’ and the ‘n’, not quit separated. Some see it as a pun on “I am”, implying the formation of consciousness.

What is a very short poem called?

Haiku. Because haiku are very short poems, they make common school assignments and writing exercises, so you may have written one of these before. Typically a haiku has 17 syllables, arranged in three lines, first five syllables, then 7, then 5.

What is a poem with 14 lines?

Sonnet. A 14-line poem with a variable rhyme scheme originating in Italy and brought to England by Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, earl of Surrey in the 16th century.

Did Muhammad Ali say me?

On the 4th of June in 1975 Ali was invited to do the commencement speech to 2,000 Harvard University students. At the end there was a great roar then a student shouted out, ‘Give us a poem! ‘ and after the room had quietened down, Ali hit back with a two word rhyme — either ‘Me / We’ or ‘Me? / Whee!! While ‘Me? / Whee!

What is Shakespeare’s shortest poem?

Sonnet 18
Structure. Sonnet 18 is a typical English or Shakespearean sonnet, having 14 lines of iambic pentameter: three quatrains followed by a couplet. It also has the characteristic rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.

What is longest poem in the world?

Mahabharata
The scale of the “Mahabharata” is daunting. The ancient Indian epic stands as the longest poem ever written, about 10 times as long as “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” combined.