د "شعر" د بڼو تر مېنځ توپير

Some forms of poetry are specific to particular [[culture]]s and [[genre]]s, responding to the characteristics of the language in which the poet writes. While readers accustomed to identifying poetry with [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]], [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Goethe]], [[Adam Mickiewicz|Mickiewicz]] and [[Rumi]] may think of it as being written in [[rhyme|rhyming]] lines and regular [[meter (poetry)|meter]], there are traditions, such as those of [[Du Fu]] and ''[[Beowulf]]'', that use other approaches to achieve rhythm and [[euphony]]. In today's [[globalization|globalized]] world, poets often borrow styles, techniques and forms from diverse cultures and languages.

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[[image:GilgameshTablet.jpg|left|thumb|170px|The [[deluge (mythology)|Deluge]] tablet of the [[Epic of Gilgamesh|Gilgamesh epic]] in [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]], circa [[2nd millennium BC]].]]