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thirteen well-known poets who wrote (or sang, like Homer) in languages other than English. Here I go:
- Homer
- Rabbie Burns (he wrote in Scots as well as in English)
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thirteen well-known poets who wrote (or sang, like Homer) in languages other than English. Here I go:
1. Homer
2. Rabbie Burns (he wrote in Scots as well as in English)
3. Friedrich Schiller
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1. Homer
2. Rabbie Burns (he wrote in Scots as well as in English)
3. Friedrich Schiller
4. Jorge Luis Borges
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1. Homer
2. Rabbie Burns (he wrote in Scots as well as in English)
3. Friedrich Schiller
4. Jorge Luis Borges
5. Beethoven 
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thirteen well-known poets who wrote (or sang, like Homer) in languages other than English. Here I go:
1. Homer
2. Rabbie Burns (he wrote in Scots as well as in English)
3. Friedrich Schiller
4. Jorge Luis Borges
5. Beethoven 
6. Tolkien
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1. Homer
2. Rabbie Burns (he wrote in Scots as well as in English)
3. Friedrich Schiller
4. Jorge Luis Borges
5. Beethoven
6. Tolkien
7. Baudelaire
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Offline Thirteen well-known poets who wrote (or sang, like Homer) in languages other than English:
1. Homer
2. Rabbie Burns (he wrote in Scots as well as in English)
3. Friedrich Schiller
4. Jorge Luis Borges
5. Beethoven
6. Tolkien
7. Baudelaire
8. Lennon – McCartney
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Offline John and Paul didnt write ‘Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand ‘ or ‘Sie Liebt Dich ‘, it was translated by Camillo Felgen from their English (going by Wiki – there are a few different names given but they are all thought to be pseudonyms).
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meanmistermustard said
John and Paul didnt write ‘Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand ‘ or ‘Sie Liebt Dich ‘, it was translated by Camillo Felgen from their English (going by Wiki – there are a few different names given but they are all thought to be pseudonyms).
But they sang poetry they wrote in English in another language.
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meanmistermustard said
John and Paul didnt write ‘Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand ‘ or ‘Sie Liebt Dich ‘, it was translated by Camillo Felgen from their English (going by Wiki – there are a few different names given but they are all thought to be pseudonyms).
But they sang poetry they wrote in English in a another language.
Michelle has French extracts
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Offline Going by that we can have any singers who sang in any language aside from English. Elvis sang parts of ‘Wooden Heart’ in German, Debbi Harry sang ‘Sunday Girl’ in French. They didnt write it but they did sing it.
Would you call Lennon and McCartney poets anyway?
Anyway its not that big a deal. Moving on.
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Thirteen well-known poets who wrote (or sang, like Homer) in languages other than English:
1. Homer
2. Rabbie Burns (he wrote in Scots as well as in English)
3. Friedrich Schiller
4. Jorge Luis Borges
5. Beethoven
6. Tolkien
7. Baudelaire
8. Lennon – McCartney
8. Dante
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Offline Tho you could argue that since Paul has released a book of lyrics and poetry he could be called a poet.
I have no idea where to stand so i might just hop about.
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Offline Thirteen well-known poets who wrote (or sang, like Homer) in languages other than English:
1. Homer
2. Rabbie Burns (he wrote in Scots as well as in English)
3. Friedrich Schiller
4. Jorge Luis Borges
5. Beethoven
6. Tolkien
7. Baudelaire
8. Dante
9. Paul McCartney (The top says poets and Paul wrote a poetry book. Then the top says or sang in languages other than english and Paul sang a few songs in German and French.)
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Offline @Starr Shine? ‘s reasoning sits well with me. I say, let it be.
Thirteen well-known poets who wrote (or sang, like Homer) in languages other than English:
1. Homer
2. Rabbie Burns
3. Friedrich Schiller
4. Jorge Luis Borges
5. Beethoven
6. Tolkien
7. Baudelaire
8. Dante
9. Paul McCartney
10. Chaucer (if Middle English qualifies)
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Offline I’m not so sure about Beethoven and Tolkien though… The lyrics for Beethoven’s ninth belong to Schiller if I’m not wrong. I should go to Wikipedia to see if Tolkien also wrote poetry (I confess my ignorance). I was thinking something more in the line of Baudelaire, Schiller, Borges and Dante.
“Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit” (“Perhaps one day it will be a pleasure to look back on even this”; Virgil, The Aeneid, Book 1, line 203, where Aeneas says this to his men after the shipwreck that put them on the shores of Africa)
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Offline I believe Beethoven is a joke and a nod to Ringo’s comment on him – “I like Beethoven, especially the poems“.
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Offline meanmistermustard said
I believe Beethoven is a joke and a nod to Ringo’s comment on him – “I like Beethoven, especially the poems“.
Then let’s delete him from the list.
C’mon people, this can’t be so difficult, you don’t have to say “Lennon & McCartney” to play the game. There are plenty of poets out there.
“Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit” (“Perhaps one day it will be a pleasure to look back on even this”; Virgil, The Aeneid, Book 1, line 203, where Aeneas says this to his men after the shipwreck that put them on the shores of Africa)
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Offline I could be wrong and Beethoven did write poems. ‘Ode to Joy’ could be poem about being happy and someone turned it into an instumental.
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