Verse composed as poetry in its own right: the epic, the pastoral and the lyric, as opposed to a novel or play. Belongs here: epic narrative verse, pastoral idyll and every stand-alone lyric collection in this atlas. Does not belong here: a verse drama meant for the stage, placed under drama and theatre instead because its form is dramatic even when its lines are metrical.
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Some of the earliest written poetry in Africa occurs among the Pyramid Texts written during the 25th century BCE.
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