What is the earliest type of poetry and who created it?

Question

please be as specific as possible (ex. include the date of when it was created and the website of your source).

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Answer 1

I'd head along the tracks of ballads and folk ballads - people used to sing them to one generation, who'd sing 'em to their kids, etc. etc. so they'd remember them.

Edit :

I mean, most people didn't know how to write or read back then, and it was the only way to pass the songs on...

Answer 2

The oldest surviving poem is the Epic of Gilgamesh, from the 3rd millennium BC in Sumer (in Iraq/Mesopotamia), which was written in cuneiform script on clay tablets and, later, papyrus.[6] The Epic of Gilgamesh is based on the historical king Gilgamesh. The oldest love poem, found on a clay tablet now known as Istanbul #2461, was also a Sumerian poem. It was recited by a bride of the Sumerian king Shu-Sin, who ruled 2037-2029 BC.[7] The oldest epic poetry besides the Epic of Gilgamesh are the Greek epics, Iliad and Odyssey, and the Indian epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata. The longest epic poems ever written were the Mahabharata and the Tibetan Epic of King Gesar.

Answer 3

The Ancient Sumerians. It is epic poetry similar to that written by Homer (The Iliad & the Odyssey)
Some of the poems are:
Inanna and the Me
Inanna's Lament for Dumuzi
The Huluppu-Tree

"Sumerian scribes invented the practice of writing in cuneiform on clay tablets sometime around 3400 B.C. in the Uruk/Warka region in the south of ancient Iraq."

Theizzardking, the poem you are talking about is called "The Huluppu-Tree" that I listed above. Here is a passage from it:

"From the trunk of the tree he carved a throne for his holy sister.
From the trunk of the tree Gilgamesh carved a bed for Inanna.
From the roots of the tree she fashioned a Pukku for her brother.
From the crown of the tree Inanna fashioned a Mikku for Gilgamesh, the hero of Eruk."

I didn't steal your answer. I had already listed the name of the poem you were talking about, and you didn't know the title. Deal with it.
You obviously didn't read my first post closely. I was not off by 800 years. My original post stated "The Ancient Sumerians." The Same people that wrote the Epic of Gilgamesh! BOTH poems were written at the same time. I called the TYPE of poetry - Epic poetry - similar to Homer, not the poem itself. I referenced Homer because I thought he might have a better idea of what Homer was than the Ancient Sumerians, whose works are not as well known.

Gilgamesh and Inanna were written at the SAME time, as were several others. You quoted one poem, I quoted others. How ignorant is it of you to think that there was only one poem written at this time period? If they had the ability to write one poem, then they had the ability to write several more.

And yes, I added text from one of the poems I quoted, because I thought the young man who posted this question would appreciate some of the text. I didn't change it to argue with you.
The difference here is that I actually own the texts I quoted from. And I have the dates right in my hand. The cuniform quote is from the webpage I cited in my original post. You see, I teach this subject, and I have done much research on this time period. Can you say the same?

In essence I was saying we were both correct. You're calling me a jerk because I know something you don't?
Steal your answer. . . give me a break. I don't need to steal anything. Is everything about you?
I'm trying to help this young man, go rant some where else.

Answer 4

God

The Bible