Bob and wheel is the common name for a metrical device most famously used by the poet whose body of work includes some of the most well-regarded poetry written in what?
Bob and wheel Bob and wheel is the common name for a metrical device most famously used by the Pearl Poet in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". The feature is found mainly in Middle English and Middle Scots poetry, where the bob and wheel occur typically at the end of a stanza. The "bob" is a very short line, sometimes of only two syllables, followed by the "wheel", longer lines with internal rhyme. There are at least forty known examples of bob and wheel use, but the origin of the form is obscure. It seems to predate the Pearl Poet. Bob and wheel is not used often in modern poetry.
Sima Xiangru Sima Xiangru ( , ; c. 179117BC) was an ancient Chinese poet, writer, musician, and official who lived during the Western Han Dynasty. Sima is a significant figure in the history of Classical Chinese poetry, and is generally regarded as the greatest of all composers of Chinese "fu" rhapsodies. His poetry includes his invention or at least development of the "fu" form, applying new metrical rhythms to the lines of poetry, which he mixed with lines of prose, and provided with several of what would in ensuing centuries become among a group of common set topics for this genre. He was also versatile enough to write in the "Chu ci" style, while it was enjoying a renaissance, and he also wrote lyrics in what would become known as the "yuefu" formal style.