Vietnamese poetry Vietnamese poetry Vietnamese poetry originated in the form of folk poetry and proverbs. Vietnamese poetic structures include "six-eight, "double-seven six-eight", and various styles shared with Classical Chinese poetry forms, such as are found in Tang poetry; examples include verse forms with "seven syllables each line for eight lines," "seven syllables each line for four lines" (a type of quatrain), and "five syllables each line for eight lines." More recently there have been "new poetry" and "free poetry". With the exception of free poetry, a form with no distinct structure, other forms all have a certain structure. The tightest and most
Edmund Clerihew Bentley imperialist weekly called "The Outlook" during the editorship of James Louis Garvin. His first published collection of poetry, titled "Biography for Beginners" (1905), popularized the clerihew form; it was followed by two other collections, "More Biography" (1929) and "Baseless Biography" (1939). His detective novel "Trent's Last Case" (1913) was much praised, numbering Dorothy L. Sayers among its admirers, and with its labyrinthine and mystifying plotting can be seen as the first truly modern mystery. It was adapted as a film in 1920, 1929, and 1952. The success of the work inspired him, after 23 years, to write a sequel, "Trent's