Encomiastic Verse

Encomiastic verse is poetry written in praise of a person, place, thing, or idea. It celebrates its subject openly, often in elevated language, and may honor a ruler, a friend, a virtue, a work of art, or something else the poet wants to commend rather than question.

Example

Your hands, old gardener, know the secret earth,
How seed turns patient darkness into green;
The orchard leans toward you like good fortune,
And every branch remembers what you mean.

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