A+E Networks. During the Great Depression, which began in 1929 and lasted approximately a decade, shantytowns appeared across the U.S. as unemployed people were evicted from their homes. As the Depression worsened in the 1930s, causing severe hardships for millions of Americans, many looked to the federal government for assistance.
poetic. adj. 1. (Poetry) of or relating to poetry. 2. (Poetry) characteristic of poetry, as in being elevated, sublime, etc. 3. (Poetry) characteristic of a poet. 4. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) recounted in verse. (poÊËÉt Éªk). adj. Also, poâ¢etâ²iâ¢cal.
Poetry has a long history, dating back to the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh. Early poems evolved from folk songs such as the Chinese Shijing, or from a need to retell oral epics, as with the Sanskrit Vedas, Zoroastrian Gathas, and the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey.ight poetry, or light verse, is poetry that attempts to be humorous. Poems considered light are usually brief, and can be on a frivolous or serious subject, and often feature word play, including puns, adventurous rhyme and heavy alliteration.